THen you are good... :) Create a partition and install a FAT-32 filesystem if you plan on pluging that thing to Wincrap. ET Michael Havens writes: > dmesg says the drive is sdc. I can then mount the drive and look at it's > contents. > now for your directions: > bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:~$ lsusb > /tmp/junk-lsusb-0.txt > bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:~$ cat /proc/partitions > /tmp/junk-partitions-0.txt > bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:~$ lsusb > /tmp/junk-lsusb-1.txt > bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:~$ cat /proc/partitions > /tmp/junk-partitions-1.txt > bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:~$ diff /tmp/junk-lsusb-?.txt > 0a1 >> Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0930:6544 Toshiba Corp. Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 > Stick (2GB) > > All is good. > > I can tell you right now that there are no partitions on this drive. It is > dev/sdc. I kinow this is the case because I can mount /dev/sdc /mnt/sdc and > look at the contents. There is nothing in it that I want to keep. > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > > > On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 8:12 AM, wrote: > >> First question to answer is: Is the drive being detected? >> Unplug the drive, wait a minute and do: >> lsusb > /tmp/junk-lsusb-0.txt >> cat /proc/partitions > /tmp/junk-partitions-0.txt >> Now plug the drive, wait a minute and do: >> lsusb > /tmp/junk-lsusb-1.txt >> cat /proc/partitions > /tmp/junk-partitions-1.txt >> Then >> diff /tmp/junk-lsusb-?.txt >> If you see at leas one line you are good, otherwise you are dead in the >> water. >> If you can see the device, then: >> diff /tmp/junk-partitions-?.txt >> That's your partition. >> Depending on what you have (if you have) next steps are different. >> YMMV... >> ET >> >> >> Michael Havens writes: >> >>> Okay, when I was making a backup drive I did so on a drive that was too >>> small. (bummer) now, when I stick that device in nothing happens (the nice >>> little file manager doesn't appear). So I think that is because I created >>> a >>> label for this drive. So I wonder to myself how to fix it. What I think of >>> is mkfs. What is a generic filesystem I can use on microsoft computers >>> too? >>> is xtfs the best or should I go with fat 16/32? or am I incorrect that >>> this >>> will fix the problem? >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >> ------------------------------**--------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.**org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/**mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss