Mick wrote: > What's the best way to reformat a USB stick? It currently shows this in > fdisk: > =========================================== > Disk /dev/sda: 1010 MB, 1010826752 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 122 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x91f72d24 > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 * 1 123 987104 6 FAT16 > Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings: > phys=(121, 254, 63) logical=(122, 227, 40) > =========================================== > Not sure I understand the "physical/logical endings" comment that fdisk > throws > at me. > > > This is what sfdisk shows: > =========================================== > # sfdisk /dev/sda > Checking that no-one is using this disk right now ... > OK > > Disk /dev/sda: 1011 cylinders, 32 heads, 61 sectors/track > Old situation: > Warning: The partition table looks like it was made > for C/H/S=*/255/63 (instead of 1011/32/61). > For this listing I'll assume that geometry. > Units = cylinders of 8225280 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0 > > Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 * 0+ 122- 123- 987104 6 FAT16 > end: (c,h,s) expected (122,227,40) found (121,254,63) > /dev/sda2 0 - 0 0 0 Empty > /dev/sda3 0 - 0 0 0 Empty > /dev/sda4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty > Input in the following format; absent fields get a default value. > =========================================== > > Grateful for any attempt to educate me on this! :-)
I use fdisk and treat it like any other drive/disk.
