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On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 11:51 AM, Mike Ballon <mike.ballon@gmail.com> wrote:

unplug/plug, it should automount, if not check:

$ /etc/init.d/autofs status

automount (pid 1442) is running...

On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 2:44 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:

it isn't automounting.

:-)~MIKE~(-:

On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 11:41 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:

got it all to work.... even changed the label name. What messed me up was:

$> Command > 1 (press enter 3times) -- again maybe you don't need the one

I didn't understand at first that was part of the 'n' command.

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

Command (m for help): o
Building a new DOS disklabel with disk identifier 0x3e8c35b3.
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): t
Selected partition 1

Hex code (type L to list codes): ntfs

Hex code (type L to list codes):
Hex code (type L to list codes): l

0 Empty 24 NEC DOS 81 Minix / old Lin bf Solaris
1 FAT12 27 Hidden NTFS Win 82 Linux swap / So c1 DRDOS/sec (FAT-

2 XENIX root 39 Plan 9 83 Linux c4 DRDOS/sec (FAT-
3 XENIX usr 3c PartitionMagic 84 OS/2 hidden C: c6 DRDOS/sec (FAT-
4 FAT16 <32M 40 Venix 80286 85 Linux extended c7 Syrinx

5 Extended 41 PPC PReP Boot 86 NTFS volume set da Non-FS data
6 FAT16 42 SFS 87 NTFS volume set db CP/M / CTOS / .
7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT 4d QNX4.x 88 Linux plaintext de Dell Utility

8 AIX 4e QNX4.x 2nd part 8e Linux LVM df BootIt
9 AIX bootable 4f QNX4.x 3rd part 93 Amoeba e1 DOS access
a OS/2 Boot Manag 50 OnTrack DM 94 Amoeba BBT e3 DOS R/O

b W95 FAT32 51 OnTrack DM6 Aux 9f BSD/OS e4 SpeedStor
c W95 FAT32 (LBA) 52 CP/M a0 IBM Thinkpad hi eb BeOS fs
e W95 FAT16 (LBA) 53 OnTrack DM6 Aux a5 FreeBSD ee GPT

f W95 Ext'd (LBA) 54 OnTrackDM6 a6 OpenBSD ef EFI (FAT-12/16/
10 OPUS 55 EZ-Drive a7 NeXTSTEP f0 Linux/PA-RISC b
11 Hidden FAT12 56 Golden Bow a8 Darwin UFS f1 SpeedStor

12 Compaq diagnost 5c Priam Edisk a9 NetBSD f4 SpeedStor
14 Hidden FAT16 <3 61 SpeedStor ab Darwin boot f2 DOS secondary
16 Hidden FAT16 63 GNU HURD or Sys af HFS / HFS+ fb VMware VMFS

17 Hidden HPFS/NTF 64 Novell Netware b7 BSDI fs fc VMware VMKCORE
18 AST SmartSleep 65 Novell Netware b8 BSDI swap fd Linux raid auto
1b Hidden W95 FAT3 70 DiskSecure Mult bb Boot Wizard hid fe LANstep

1c Hidden W95 FAT3 75 PC/IX be Solaris boot ff BBT
1e Hidden W95 FAT1 80 Old Minix
Hex code (type L to list codes): 86
Changed system type of partition 1 to 86 (NTFS volume set)

Command (m for help): b
There is no *BSD partition on /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: 0x3e8c35b3

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 2048 3913663 1955808 86 NTFS volume set

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$

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On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 11:23 AM, Mike Ballon <mike.ballon@gmail.com> wrote:

After the 1 is t, 1 might have been selected for you by default.

start over...

$> fdisk /dev/sdd
$> Command > o (create new table)
$> Command > n (create part, 1 would be the default, maybe you don't need the 1)
$> Command > 1 (press enter 3times) -- again maybe you don't need the one

$> Command > t (select fs type)
$> Command > b (selects fat for fs)

$> Command > p (print the table)
$> Command > w (write the changes)

don't make me do a video I don't have time ;)

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

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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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