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 1RAxbH-0005Kg-KW for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:31:32 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 32C3A21C1A1; Tue, 4 Oct 2011 05:31:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wy0-f181.google.com (mail-wy0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E41BF21C210 for ; Tue, 4 Oct 2011 05:28:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyf19 with SMTP id 19so140319wyf.40 for ; Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:28:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=HrNQU/w6oFUG8jV//xdbkPf1Bzmb6mPMWATCNEseLh0=; b=lyRca8+W8QqAyBWXUHl95HK/DmmNE3w/TIKAsaca9USHx4KqC6qjFEXbWs0ZXSJ3Ew VVLxggJNOhPsESM1zRblzWang7vegnjtLeh3BfbRhLAwPQv9n4i77OPhoWAftJYKeZ2H kqX5adBMNb5rOQCL6Tnr7LiIYxFVpJaMLYax0= Received: by 10.227.201.79 with SMTP id ez15mr862562wbb.99.1317706090120; Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:28:10 -0700 (PDT) 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 Sender: paul.hartman@gmail.com Received: by 10.227.59.193 with HTTP; Mon, 3 Oct 2011 22:27:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201110040618.46748.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> References: <201110032316.11950.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <201110040618.46748.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> From: Paul Hartman Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 00:27:50 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: Y5G0H25ROTRPEcI_qCfy7MWQW9Q Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Strange partition on USB stick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 0356e2c2613d2bf5ba1df1841dd3ece1 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: =A0I'm not sure that there is a mess. =A0At 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.) =A0To access the fs I must do something lik= e: > > pmount /dev/sdb > > and then all is lists under /media/sdb. =A0It is like a big floppy. 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.