* Monique Y. Herman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030928 08:59]: > On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 01:01:37 -0700, Vineet Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> penned: > > > > If a drive isn't partitioned, 'sda1' doesn't really mean anything, so > > this might not work. You could try to cat 'sda' instead, which should > > get the whole drive image, partition table and all. I've never tried > > this with usb mass storage devices like CF or SD cards. > > > > It could be that there is no partition table at all, and that something > > like mkfs.vfat /dev/sda might do the trick. I don't really know about > > the details of these cards, just what little I know from using them with > > my digicam. If all else fails, it's worth a try. > > > > > I don't know if this is really related, but my keychain usb drive came > with the partition info already set up such that it had a vfat partition > on /dev/sda1. > > Also, I remember that zip drives (remember those? heh), at least the old > 100MB ones, would always show up as the 4th partition (/dev/hda4, > /dev/sda4, whatever). I never tried repartitioning, but that's how they > were set up by default. > > Can you run parted or some other fdisk-y tool on it just to see what the > partition table looks like?
For a "regular" drive, fdisk -l /dev/sda would list the partition table. If Kent is seeing a drive claiming to have an invalid or missing partition table, this probably wouldn't work. good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." -- Albert Einstein
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