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Sometimes lsof or fuser are helpful.

Gustin Johnson wrote:
> I have a 2 gig OCZ (screaming fast) that is formatted the same as
> Shawns.  I have in the past had better luck reformatting my USB keys, at
> least as far as auto mounting them goes. I use either vfat or ext2 as
> the fs btw (there is a good ext2 driver for windows).  My OCZ works fine
> for me, though I do not have a stock setup.
> 
> Try mounting the drive manually
> mount -t vfat /dev/sdc /path/to/some/mount/point -o
> umask=0000,noatime,nodiratime
> 
> Does this work?
> 
> Hendrik Schaink wrote:
>>> I just checked my USB stick and /sbin/cfdisk -l outputs:
>>>
>>> Disk /dev/sda: 1040 MB, 1040187392 bytes
>>> 32 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1007 cylinders
>>> Units = cylinders of 2016 * 512 = 1032192 bytes
>>>
>>>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
>>> /dev/sda1   *           1        1006     1014016+   6  FAT16
>>>
>>> I observe that my msdos partition starts at sector '1' while yours
>>> starts at '32kB', probably sector 32. That would mean that some kind of
>>> reserved partition takes up your first 32kB. Chances are it's for WinDos
>>> only you want to re-partition and re-format the stick using msdos FAT16.
>>>
>>> My 2c worth ... Hendrik Schaink
>>>
>>>
>>> Shawn wrote:
>>>> One partition...
>>>>
>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ parted /dev/sdc print
>>>> Disk geometry for /dev/sdc: 0kB - 1040MB
>>>> Disk label type: msdos
>>>> Number  Start   End     Size    Type      File system  Flags
>>>> 1       32kB    1040MB  1040MB  primary   fat16        boot
>>>> Information: Don't forget to update /etc/fstab, if necessary.
> 
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