format usb

Sun Aug 25 18:28:51 MST 2013

sr0 is your cdrom.
I think the thingy is hosed... 

Michael Havens writes: 

> 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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