format usb

[Michael Havens]

only hard drive partitions (sda-9) and  'sr0'. I think sr0 is the camera
card.... not sure though as nothing is plugged in to that.

:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 6:06 PM, <kitepilot at kitepilot.com> wrote:

> What do you see in:
> cat /proc/partitions   ?
> ET
>
> Michael Havens writes:
>
>> the return wasn't blank!
>> sdiff -s /tmp/lsusb-b4.txt /tmp/lsusb-af.txt
>>
>>> Bus 001 Device 013: ID 048d:1169 Integrated Technology Expres
>>>
>>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 5:06 PM, <kitepilot at kitepilot.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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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