Yeah looks like nobody is home to partition. The device is there so the controller is good but it will not do much else. On Aug 25, 2013 4:20 PM, "Michael Havens" wrote: > 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 >>> >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 >