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 Alan McKinnon
On Tue, 4 Oct 2011 00:27:50 -0500 Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 12:18 AM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com 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

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 michaelkintz...@gmail.com 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

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 paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 12:18 AM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday 04 Oct 2011 04:39:45 Adam Carter wrote: If the data is

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

2011-10-04 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 1:58 AM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday 04 Oct 2011 06:27:50 Paul Hartman wrote: On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 12:18 AM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday 04 Oct 2011 04:39:45 Adam Carter wrote: If the data is important, I'd use ddrescue to

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 michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday 04 Oct 2011 06:27:50 Paul Hartman wrote: On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 12:18 AM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday 04 Oct 2011 04:39:45 Adam Carter

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

2011-10-04 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com 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

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 michaelkintz...@gmail.com 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

[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

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.

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 Paul Hartman
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 12:18 AM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com 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