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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Strange partition on USB stick
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 23:15:46 +0100
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I can't recall if I asked this before, but I am looking at a partition on a=
=20
USB stick which seems to have a FAT16 fs on it and in parted says:
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
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Model: Crucial Gizmo! overdrive (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 1023MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: loop
Number Start End Size File system Flags
1 0.00B 1023MB 1023MB fat16
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
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What does "Partition Table: loop" mean?
fdisk -l is more confusing:
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
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Disk /dev/sdb: 1022 MB, 1022623744 bytes
32 heads, 61 sectors/track, 1023 cylinders, total 1997312 sectors
Units =3D sectors of 1 * 512 =3D 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x69737369
This doesn't look like a partition table
Probably you selected the wrong device.
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 ? 1869771365 2038460886 84344761 69 Unknown
/dev/sdb2 ? 1701519481 3571400945 934940732+ 73 Unknown
/dev/sdb3 ? 2573 2573 0 74 Unknown
/dev/sdb4 0 3435113471 1717556736 0 Empty
Partition table entries are not in disk order
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
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What are the partitions shown as sdb1-4?
Also Id 73 and 74 are I think reserved Ids? Id 69 is I think Novell Netwar=
e=20
5+ (according to:=20
http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/partitions/partition_types-1.html) not FAT16.
I am not sure I understand what it is showing me. =20
BTW, cfdisk spews it out right from the start:
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
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=46ATAL ERROR: Bad primary partition 1: Partition begins after end-of-disk
Press any key to exit cfdisk
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
So, does it have a partition table? How can you explain the fdisk output?
=2D-=20
Regards,
Mick
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