On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:14:25 -0500 "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Travis Crook wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have a 32MB xD card and card reader. I use it to transfer > > files between my laptop (running cooker at the moment - very nice by > > the way) and a computer running WindowsXP. The last time I had it > > in the XP box it didn't want to unmount correctly. In the process > > Windows somehow messed it up. Is there a way to format it back to > > it's original 32MB? All I get now in Windows is "This disk is not > > formatted, would you like to format it now?" and it offers to > > format a 14MB disk. On the laptop I only see a SCSI disk that I > > can't mount. > > > > Thanks! > > > You can use diskdrake for this, or cfdisk and mkdosfs. Probably the > simplest way would be to run "cfdisk /dev/sda" and delete the current > partition. Then create a new FAT partition that uses the entire disk. > If cfdisk does not see the full size of the card, you may end up > having to use dd to erase the partition table and start over. > (dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda count=1) > I'll try this as well as the suggestion that Bill gave. One of them should do the trick! I won't be close to a Windows machine for a bit so this will get done first. Thanks! > One thing to keep in mind - if you have real SCSI drives, or other > USB storage devices plugged in, the card may not be /dev/sda, but > another SCSI device. This is especialy true with some multi-format > card readers. > > Mikkel > -- > > Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, > for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! > -- Travis Crook Visions Beyond www.VisionsBeyond.com 208-478-7836
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