From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RAyu4-0002Py-9S for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 04 Oct 2011 06:55:00 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E61FD21C089; Tue, 4 Oct 2011 06:54:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f53.google.com (mail-ww0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 845EE21C03E for ; Tue, 4 Oct 2011 06:53:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwg14 with SMTP id 14so202390wwg.10 for ; Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:53:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Y+hJyGHc5RsWTQs/5fguRWd2xPy9cKQMo1/BjP1g8bM=; b=sUkQ3DvrvUNmrmjeEqfuHYghLTaKBL5Ul7sVytDaDymhvtaLkgq4ArIOZMwAPrkKII 6YcV09cYbuhrTUf2NURA5htykRhARr9E43ZkJT9XXmbhNRHerls5mpCrLacHVxLR7vFe j1Gw/SocF+ggzyqfLJXsB10M6jPxf1OOWJi64= Received: by 10.216.138.11 with SMTP id z11mr3447929wei.38.1317711232593; Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:53:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rohan.example.com ([196.215.144.38]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id ei16sm1276173wbb.21.2011.10.03.23.53.50 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:53:51 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 08:53:47 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Strange partition on USB stick Message-ID: <20111004085347.59dc0b27@rohan.example.com> In-Reply-To: References: <201110032316.11950.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <201110040618.46748.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Organization: Internet Solutions X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.8 (GTK+ 2.24.4; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: c4e491c5f4a095fc1c1624453d9e69d6 On Tue, 4 Oct 2011 00:27:50 -0500 Paul Hartman wrote: > On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 12:18 AM, Mick > wrote: > > On Tuesday 04 Oct 2011 04:39:45 Adam Carter wrote: > >> If the data is important, I'd use ddrescue to create an image of > >> the drive, then run testdisk over that image to see if it can > >> untangle the partition table mess. Both are in portage. > > > > Well, that's the thing: =C2=A0I'm not sure that there is a mess. =C2=A0= At > > least not as far as parted is concerned, which can read the > > partition table properly. > > > > I suspect that fdisk (unlike parted) is not capable of reading the > > device correctly. > > > > I forgot to say that when mounted the USB stick shows not > > partitions (i.e. there is no sdb1, sdb2, etc.) =C2=A0To access the fs I > > must do something like: > > > > pmount /dev/sdb > > > > and then all is lists under /media/sdb. =C2=A0It is like a big floppy. >=20 > I think that's your answer. The "partition table" looks funny because > it isn't one. :) It is somewhat common. I've had some myself that are > like that. >=20 I have a 4G Sandisk that does that too. It does everything a regular USB stick does except a) create a proper partition table and b) be booted from --=20 Alan McKinnnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com