then I remembered the program 'fsck'. dmesg [13346.633757] sd 7:0:0:0: >Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0 [13346.641344] sd 7:0:0:0: >[sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:~$ sudo fsck.vfat /dev/sdc dosfsck 3.0.13, 30 Jun 2012, FAT32, LFN open: No medium found bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:~$ :/ :-)~MIKE~(-: On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > dmesg > [ 4018.120517] sd 6:0:0:0: >[sdd] Attached SCSI removable disk > [ 4018.121453] sd 6:0:0:0: >Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0 > bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:~$ sudo fdisk /dev/sdd > fdisk: unable to open /dev/sdd: No medium found > > Am I doing something the wrong way? > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Stephen wrote: > >> Try an fdisk and see if it will let you create a partition to format. >> >> >> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >> >>> well.... I just went to officemax to see if windows could format it. it >>> could not and the guys there said my drive was corrupted. So I bought a new >>> one. I still have the 'corrupted' drive if there are any ideas out there in >>> plug land about how to fix it. (it is so upsetting.... the drive isn't a >>> year old yet) >>> >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Brian Cluff wrote: >>> >>>> Pull the drive out and do: >>>> cat /proc/partitions >>>> >>>> Then insert the drive into your computer, count to 10 and run the above >>>> command again. The new drive that shows up is the one you just inserted. >>>> If you don't see any differences, run it again, the drive just might be >>>> slow in connecting to you system. If it doesn't show up at all, it might >>>> be damaged and isn't going to show up... try turning it off and back on >>>> again :) >>>> >>>> Brian Cluff >>>> >>>> >>>> On 08/25/2013 11:05 AM, Michael Havens wrote: >>>> >>>>> Well, I stuck a usb drive into the computer, opened a terminal, and >>>>> copied files to it. Then I forgot to umount the drive and pulled the >>>>> drive out. Now I need to format it and do not know how to do that. How >>>>> do I see what the drive is being called when I stick it in? >>>>> :-)~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 >>>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> 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 >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from >> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >> >> Stephen >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> 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 >> > >