On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 12:18 AM, Mick <[email protected]> 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 in portage. > > Well, that's the thing: I'm not sure that there is a mess. At least not as > far as parted is concerned, which can read the partition table properly. > > I suspect that fdisk (unlike parted) is not capable of reading the device > correctly. > > I forgot to say that when mounted the USB stick shows not partitions (i.e. > there is no sdb1, sdb2, etc.) To access the fs I must do something like: > > pmount /dev/sdb > > and then all is lists under /media/sdb. It is like a big floppy.
I think that's your answer. The "partition table" looks funny because it isn't one. :) It is somewhat common. I've had some myself that are like that.
