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 1RB7QF-0007Cu-Pv for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:00:48 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EFAC721C2A3; Tue, 4 Oct 2011 16:00:23 +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 D8B0421C0F7 for ; Tue, 4 Oct 2011 15:58:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ww0-f53.google.com with SMTP id 14so888082wwg.10 for ; Tue, 04 Oct 2011 08:58:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=xxjdVoKyFX94kGJoJT+vztghM3/gCxhjoWp9clphSfc=; b=gSGSeDCGIpVkhhgyVxqS/e8HZFL1frUEANnVRkIpjRr61sPPcIm0Y7sCL4l8XnvBsQ uClRBi3U9WZBLk6oPDT7Z6A7HSRFZy/N3+tr1Q3wSey+2zErsPPgx+ab7COTIsV13ibw ZWrmt3doonHBlL4T/l9HVOx2yt13+PgQHGrnk= Received: by 10.227.195.77 with SMTP id eb13mr1679871wbb.79.1317743885454; Tue, 04 Oct 2011 08:58:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dell_xps.localnet ([213.123.142.221]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id l40sm4676367wbm.10.2011.10.04.08.58.03 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 04 Oct 2011 08:58:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Strange partition on USB stick Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 16:57:29 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/2.6.39-gentoo-r3; KDE/4.6.5; x86_64; ; ) References: <201110032316.11950.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <20111004085347.59dc0b27@rohan.example.com> In-Reply-To: <20111004085347.59dc0b27@rohan.example.com> 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: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart7091279.NiGfcHaDg6"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201110041657.39238.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 44c7290682219f2cb6dbc9b84aca3eb2 --nextPart7091279.NiGfcHaDg6 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tuesday 04 Oct 2011 07:53:47 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Tue, 4 Oct 2011 00:27:50 -0500 >=20 > Paul Hartman wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 12:18 AM, Mick > >=20 > > 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. > > >=20 > > > Well, that's the thing: I'm not sure that there is a mess. At > > > least not as far as parted is concerned, which can read the > > > partition table properly. > > >=20 > > > I suspect that fdisk (unlike parted) is not capable of reading the > > > device correctly. > > >=20 > > > I forgot to say that when mounted the USB stick shows not > > > partitions (i.e. there is no sdb1, sdb2, etc.) To access the fs I > > > must do something like: > > >=20 > > > pmount /dev/sdb > > >=20 > > > and then all is lists under /media/sdb. It 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 I guess what I'm asking is: If there isn't a partition table, then why fdisk sees /dev/sdb1-4 with=20 somewhat strange ID types? What is it that it interprets as 4 partitions? =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart7091279.NiGfcHaDg6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAk6LLPMACgkQVTDTR3kpaLa0BwCgn/L3HBl+jaCqpYmhEZ/rh9V8 sVcAoOXvN9AQvlvapqsl+qxDywOAffXC =SxgP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart7091279.NiGfcHaDg6--