Hi, i wrote: > > What does /sbin/fdisk -l say about the partition table on your stick ?
nwe wrote: > Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type > /dev/sdf1 * 64 524287 524224 256M 0 Empty > /dev/sdf2 540 1819 1280 640K ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32) > /dev/sdf3 524288 15728639 15204352 7.3G c W95 FAT32 (LBA) Looks normal, except the fact that partition 2 is inside partition 1. This flaw is inherited from the ISO. One could have repaired this before creating the big partition 3 by creating a partition 3 from 524288 to 525568 (1280 sectors) of type EF and copying the content of partition 2 into it. It might be necessary to first change the type of partition 2 before a partition editor allows you to create another EF partition. When copying is done, the old partition 2 could be deleted. A new partition 2 or 4 could then be created to fill the rest of the device. But what live image is this with only 256 MiB size ? debian-live-13.1.0-amd64-standard.iso has 1865 MiB. debian-live-13.7.0-amd64-xfce.iso has 3650 MiB. > nwe@debian:~$ sudo blkid -p /dev/sdf1 > ... " VERSION="Joliet Extension" LABEL="RECOVERY_DISK" .... The Volume Id of a Debian Live ISO is normally something like "d-live 13.7.0 xf amd64". Whatever, the partition table as is should be usable with Linux. Which software in particular does not handle partition 3 as expectable ? Some desktop file manager ? An automounter ? systemd ? ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- David Wright wrote: > FYI here's what I observed on the Debian 12.9 netinst: > # gdisk -l /dev/sdb > ... > Found valid MBR and GPT. Which do you want to use? That's a mis-statement of gdisk. The GPT is there but not valid, because the MBR partition table has no partition of type 0xEE. > Your answer: 1 > Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name > 2 4524 ... and it's duely confused by the surrounding partition 1 of type 0x00. > # fdisk -l -o Device,Boot,Start,End,Sectors,Size,Id,Attrs,Type /dev/sdb > Disklabel type: dos > Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Attrs Type > /dev/sdb1 * 0 1294335 1294336 632M 0 80 Empty > /dev/sdb2 4524 23563 19040 9.3M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32) fdisk gets it right. > As an aside, one used to be able to buy USB sticks that had a "CD" at > the start of the drive, followed by a partition of choice. > It's branded SanDisk U3 SMART cruzer 4GB. I have one with some Windows programs in the virtual CD. A gift from around 2010. It appears to Linux as USB hub with CD-ROM and disk-like storage device. But how would i change the size or content of the virtual CD ? Have a nice day :) Thomas
