format usb

[kitepilot at kitepilot.com]

That's bad...
That suggests that the drive doesn't trigger udev, which most likely means 
that is damaged, but a 'pull without mounting' would not do that, so: 

BEFORE PLUGING IN THE DRIVE:
lsusb > /tmp/lsusb-b4.txt 

AFTER PLUGING IN THE DRIVE:
lsusb > /tmp/lsusb-af.txt 

sdiff -s /tmp/lsusb-b4.txt /tmp/lsusb-af.txt 

If you see nothing, it's probably hosed...
ET 

 

Michael Havens writes: 

> well there is no difference between the two files. 
> 
> :-)~MIKE~(-: 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 4:38 PM, <kitepilot at kitepilot.com> wrote: 
> 
>> Michael, I am no following the thread but:
>> BEFORE PLUGING IN THE DRIVE:
>> cp /proc/partitions /tmp/partitions
>> AFTER PLUGING IN THE DRIVE:
>> sdiff -s /proc/partitions /tmp/partitions
>> Whatever you see is your partition, then:
>> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd${YOUR_PARTITION_**THAT_YOU_FOUND_ABOVE}
>> Then create a new partition (cfdisk) and mk2fs it.
>> YMMV...
>> ET 
>>
>> 
>>
>> Michael Havens writes: 
>>
>>> 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 <brian at snaptek.com> 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~(-: 
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