On 11/22/05, Jorge Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ fdisk -l /dev/plextor_memstick > Disk /dev/plextor_memstick: 1050 MB, 1050934784 bytes > 129 heads, 19 sectors/track, 837 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 2451 * 512 = 1254912 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id > System > /dev/plextor_memstick1 * 1 838 1026294 e > W95 FAT16 (LBA) > Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings: > phys=(842, 128, 19) logical=(837, 58, 18) > > So, there is really a partition. This is the original partitioning. I > didn't change it because I want to keep it vfat, in case I need to use > it on a Mac (or even on a Windows PC, who knows?).
Ok, do dmesg and /proc/partitions agree that there is a partition there? If not, then the problem is that the kernel is not recognizing your partition table. I would suggest: <insert the key> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=1 <remove then re-insert the key> fdisk /dev/sdb <create single partition, type 'b'> mkfs.vfat -n MYKEY -F 32 /dev/sda1 FAIR WARNING: the above _will_ destroy all data on the key!! After this, I things should work normally...I hope. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
