# parted -l #gets this right Model: USB 2.0 (HS) Flash Disk (scsi) Disk /dev/sde: 2053MB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: loop
Number Start End Size File system Flags 1 0.00B 2053MB 2053MB fat32 But fdisk -l tears into territory it shouldn't. # fdisk -l /dev/sde Disk /dev/sde: 2052 MB, 2052547072 bytes 64 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1010 cylinders Units = cylinders of 3968 * 512 = 2031616 bytes Disk identifier: 0x6f20736b This doesn't look like a partition table Probably you selected the wrong device. Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sde1 ? 196103 483782 570754815+ 72 Unknown Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(357, 116, 40) logical=(196102, 51, 11)... [many more lines]. fdisk needs to learn some manners from parted about the newer "loop" partition tables, and not just munch along oblivious. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]