Re: [gentoo-user] Strange partition on USB stick

2011-10-07 Thread Klaus Müller
Am 04.10.11 00:15, Mick wrote: > I can't recall if I asked this before, but I am looking at a partition on a > USB stick which seems to have a FAT16 fs on it and in parted says: > > == > Model: Crucial Gizmo! overdrive (scsi) > Disk /dev/sdb: 1023MB

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange partition on USB stick

2011-10-04 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 04 Oct 2011 20:36:06 Paul Hartman wrote: > On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Mick wrote: > > On Tuesday 04 Oct 2011 17:18:18 Paul Hartman wrote: > >> You can create a real partition table on that device and reformat, if > >> you want. (Note that some flash-based devices suffer degraded >

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange partition on USB stick

2011-10-04 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Mick wrote: > On Tuesday 04 Oct 2011 17:18:18 Paul Hartman wrote: >> You can create a real partition table on that device and reformat, if >> you want. (Note that some flash-based devices suffer degraded >> performance if you repartition or reformat them because the

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange partition on USB stick

2011-10-04 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 04 Oct 2011 17:18:18 Paul Hartman wrote: > On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 1:58 AM, Mick wrote: > > On Tuesday 04 Oct 2011 06:27:50 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

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange partition on USB stick

2011-10-04 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 1:58 AM, Mick wrote: > On Tuesday 04 Oct 2011 06:27:50 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 ru

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange partition on USB stick

2011-10-04 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 04 Oct 2011 07:53:47 Alan McKinnon wrote: > 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

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange partition on USB stick

2011-10-04 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 04 Oct 2011 06:27:50 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 untangl

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange partition on USB stick

2011-10-03 Thread Alan McKinnon
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 >

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange partition on USB stick

2011-10-03 Thread Paul Hartman
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

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange partition on USB stick

2011-10-03 Thread Mick
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: I'm not sure that there is a mess

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange partition on USB stick

2011-10-03 Thread Adam Carter
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.

[gentoo-user] Strange partition on USB stick

2011-10-03 Thread Mick
I can't recall if I asked this before, but I am looking at a partition on a USB stick which seems to have a FAT16 fs on it and in parted says: == Model: Crucial Gizmo! overdrive (scsi) Disk /dev/sdb: 1023MB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B