On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 07:56:49 +0100, Mick wrote: > Some USB sticks are formatted as floppy disks (?) and show up > as /dev/sda (instead of /dev/sda1). I have had no problems mounting > these in Linux or MSWindows, but wouldn't know how to format them in > Linux.
mkfs.vfat -I /dev/sdX > Their partitions look all over the shop. > # fdisk -l /dev/sda > > Disk /dev/sda: 1022 MB, 1022623744 bytes > 32 heads, 61 sectors/track, 1023 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 1952 * 512 = 999424 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x69737369 > > This doesn't look like a partition table That's because there are no partitions and no partition table, the filesystem filled the unpartitioned disk. The Sony E-Reader uses this method for its internal flash storage and KDE has no problems automounting it. -- Neil Bothwick OS/2: Obsolete Soon, Too
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