On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 1:57 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:

Okay.... I think I really screwed things up. YOu said:

$> fdisk /dev/sdb
$> Command > o
$> Command > n
$> Command > 1 (press enter 3times)

$> Command > t
$> Command > b
$> Command > w

$> Command > p

***The above didn't look like that. There was no '$>'
But I figured your computer was just configured differently
so I carried on!

bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:/media/bmike1/OpenELEC$ sudo fdisk /dev/sdd

Command (m for help): o

Building a new DOS disklabel with disk identifier 0xf66cb38c.
Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
After that, of course, the previous content won't be recoverable.

Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 4 will be corrected by w(rite)

Command (m for help): n
Partition type:
p primary (0 primary, 0 extended, 4 free)

e extended
Select (default p): p
Partition number (1-4, default 1):
Using default value 1
First sector (2048-3913663, default 2048):
Using default value 2048

Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G} (2048-3913663, default 3913663):
Using default value 3913663

Command (m for help): 1
1: unknown command
Command action

a toggle a bootable flag
b edit bsd disklabel
c toggle the dos compatibility flag
d delete a partition
l list known partition types
m print this menu

n add a new partition
o create a new empty DOS partition table
p print the partition table
q quit without saving changes
s create a new empty Sun disklabel

t change a partition's system id
u change display/entry units
v verify the partition table
w write table to disk and exit
x extra functionality (experts only)

Command (m for help): t
Selected partition 1
Hex code (type L to list codes):
Hex code (type L to list codes): w
Hex code (type L to list codes): ^[^[
Hex code (type L to list codes):
Hex code (type L to list codes): ^Cbmike1@PresarioLapTop1:/media/bmike1/OpenELEC$ sudo fdisk /dev/sdd

Command (m for help): o
Building a new DOS disklabel with disk identifier 0xbdd16f92.

Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
After that, of course, the previous content won't be recoverable.

Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 4 will be corrected by w(rite)

Command (m for help): n
Partition type:
p primary (0 primary, 0 extended, 4 free)
e extended
Select (default p): b
Invalid partition type `b'

Command (m for help): n
Partition type:
p primary (0 primary, 0 extended, 4 free)
e extended
Select (default p): p
Partition number (1-4, default 1):

Using default value 1
First sector (2048-3913663, default 2048):
Using default value 2048
Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G} (2048-3913663, default 3913663):
Using default value 3913663

Command (m for help): b
There is no *BSD partition on /dev/sdd.

Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered!

Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.

Syncing disks.
bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:/media/bmike1/OpenELEC$ sudo fdisk /dev/sdd

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sdd: 2003 MB, 2003795968 bytes

11 heads, 4 sectors/track, 88946 cylinders, total 3913664 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disk identifier: 0xbdd16f92

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 2048 3913663 1955808 83 Linux

Command (m for help): ^[[B^[[A^[

[: unknown command
Command action
a toggle a bootable flag
b edit bsd disklabel
c toggle the dos compatibility flag
d delete a partition
l list known partition types
m print this menu
n add a new partition
o create a new empty DOS partition table
p print the partition table
q quit without saving changes

s create a new empty Sun disklabel
t change a partition's system id
u change display/entry units
v verify the partition table
w write table to disk and exit

x extra functionality (experts only)

Command (m for help): q

sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdd1

Disk /dev/sdd1: 2001 MB, 2001731584 bytes

62 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1017 cylinders, total 3909632 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disk identifier: 0x20ac7dda

This doesn't look like a partition table
Probably you selected the wrong device.

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System

/dev/sdd1p1 ? 3224498923 3657370039 216435558+ 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sdd1p2 ? 3272020941 930513678 976730017 16 Hidden FAT16

/dev/sdd1p3 ? 0 0 0 6f Unknown

/dev/sdd1p4 50200576 974536369 462167897 0 Empty

Partition table entries are not in disk order

****Now when I plug the USB drive in and it automounts nothing new appears in the file manager. SO I ran another program to see what it says:

bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:/media/bmike1/OpenELEC$ sudo sfdisk /dev/sdd
Checking that no-one is using this disk right now ...
OK

Disk /dev/sdd: 1018 cylinders, 62 heads, 62 sectors/track

Old situation:
Warning: The partition table looks like it was made
for C/H/S=*/11/4 (instead of 1018/62/62).
For this listing I'll assume that geometry.
Units = cylinders of 22528 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0

Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 46+ 88946- 88901- 1955808 83 Linux
start: (c,h,s) expected (46,6,1) found (1,78,9)

end: (c,h,s) expected (1023,10,4) found (34,10,4)
/dev/sdd2 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/sdd3 0 - 0 0 0 Empty

/dev/sdd4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
Input in the following format; absent fields get a default value.
<start> <size> <type [E,S,L,X,hex]> <bootable [-,*]> <c,h,s> <c,h,s>

Usually you only need to specify <start> and <size> (and perhaps <type>).

/dev/sdd1 :?
trailing junk after number

/dev/sdd1 :

:-)~MIKE~(-:

On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 7:29 AM, Mike Ballon <mike.ballon@gmail.com> wrote:

First I was wrong to say that /dev/sdd1 would not exist it you simply unmounted it. I believe it can vary between a physical system and a VM.

-- returns the memory stick i just plugged in and assigns device /dev/sdb

$> dmesg

[ 452.300827] scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 PMAP PQ: 0 ANSI: 4

[ 452.302226] sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[ 452.316528] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 15240576 512-byte logical blocks: (7.80 GB/7.26

-- automount presents the stick to me because it has a file system

$> mount | grep sdb

/dev/sdb1 on /media/UNTITLED type vfat

-- fdisk returns the partition info

$> fdisk -l /dev/sdb

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 2 15240575 7620287 b W95 FAT32

-- use fdisk to delete the partition

$> fdisk /dev/sdb
$> Command > d

$> Command > w
$> Command > p

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System

-- use fdisk to create the partition

$> fdisk /dev/sdb
$> Command > o
$> Command > n
$> Command > 1 (press enter 3times)

$> Command > t
$> Command > b
$> Command > w

$> Command > p

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 2048 15240575 7619264 b W95 FAT32

-- make the file system if needed, I say if needed because since the partition is exactly the same and the fs is the same, automount mounted the stick for me automagically

$> umount /dev/sdb1
$> mkfs.vfat /dev/sdb1
$> mount /dev/sdb /mnt/foobar
$> touch /mnt/foobar/test.txt
$> ls /mnt/fobar

test.txt

-- oops forgot the renaming of volume, I'm on debian so

$> apt-get install mtools

Setting up mtools (4.0.17-1) ...

$> mlabel -i /dev/sdb1 ::usb_stick

again... gparted is your friend

On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 9:42 AM, Mike Ballon <mike.ballon@gmail.com> wrote:

if you unmounted then /dev/sdd1 would no longer be there.

Give me a few mins and I'll spin up a VM (I'm on a Mac) and I'll run through all the steps for you.

On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 3:34 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:

bummer.... new drive:

mount
...
/dev/sdd1 on /media/bmike1/OpenELEC type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uid=1000,gid=1000,shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,showexec,flush,uhelper=udisks2)

<unmout device with file manager>
bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:/media/bmike1/OpenELEC$ sudo mkfs -t vfat /dev/sdd1
mkfs.vfat 3.0.13 (30 Jun 2012)
/dev/sdd1: No such file or directory

bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:/media/bmike1/OpenELEC$
bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:/media/bmike1/OpenELEC$ sudo mkfs -t vfat /dev/sdd1
mkfs.vfat 3.0.13 (30 Jun 2012)
/dev/sdd1: No such file or directory

bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:/media/bmike1/OpenELEC$ sudo e2label /dev/sdd1 Pny2G
e2label: No such file or directory while trying to open /dev/sdd1
Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock.

what am I doing wrong?

:-)~MIKE~(-:

On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 8:28 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:

that wouldn't change a vfat system but it inspired the correct search terms and I found 'dosfslabel'. Thanks for the help, man:D

:-)~MIKE~(-:

On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 7:50 PM, Ryan Rix <ry@n.rix.si> wrote:
Yeah, you're right Mike.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RenameUSBDrive#FAT16_and_FAT32

Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> writes:
> same thing:
>
> sudo e2label /dev/sdd1 Goodwill
> e2label: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open
> /dev/sdd1
> Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock.
>
> could it be because it is a vfat file system? (while I love linux I
> like to have the ability for my flash drives to be used on common
> computers)
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
> On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Mike Ballon <mike.ballon@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> It's I file system label so yes, you'll need to format. If there
> is no partition will have to create a partition before you can do
> a mkfs gparted should do all that for you
>
>
>
> On May 5, 2014 7:47 PM, "Michael Havens" <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Thanks Mike. Does this error mean I need to format the drive?
>
>
>
> sudo e2label /dev/sdc1 Goodwill
> e2label: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open
> /dev/sdc1
> Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock.
>
>
> This is what 'mount' shows sdc1 to be:
>
>
>
> /dev/sdc1 on /media/bmike1/OpenELEC type vfat
> (rw,nosuid,nodev,uid=1000,gid=1000,shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,
> showexec,flush,uhelper=udisks2)
>
>
> and to format this and apply the label it would be:
>
> mkfs -t vfat /dev/sdc1;e2label /dev/sdc1 Goodwill
>
>
>
>
>
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
>
> On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Mike Ballon
> <mike.ballon@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> e2label
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 7:05 PM, Michael Havens
> <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> I have a few flash drives. When I plug them in to my
> computer a name referring to that flash drive appears
> in the file manager. I have two questions: the first
> is how do I change that name? The second is how do I
> set that name when I format the drive?
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
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