> 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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