> Gustin Johnson wrote:
>   
>> Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>>     
>>> Quentin Harley wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>>   
>>>>>           
>>>> Install gparted, and check out the partitions on the device.  You
>>>> should be able to remove all the partitions, and add a fat32 partition
>>>> again.
>>>>         
>>> gparted is a basic application for my Linux :( ... gparted isn't able to
>>> write a new msdos label (other options aren't available for the stick).
>>>       
>> To write a new msdos label you need to use mlabel which is a part of the
>> mtools package.  It is a little awkward to use (you have to edit
>> ~/.mtoolsrc every time the actual /dev/sdX name changes) but it does work.
>>
>> For ext2/3 file systems you can just use tune2fs.
>>
>> I actually format most of my USB sticks with ext2 and then label them so
>> that udev/hotplug mounts them consistently.  Of course I can't really
>> use them with Windows, but for me that is not really a problem.

You misunderstood, not I tried to write a label for a partition, gparted
wanted to write the disk label called "msdos", for TestDisk this is
called "partition table type Intel/PC".


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