On Fri, 2004-05-21 at 06:57, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > At 06:28 5/17/2004, Chadley Wilson wrote: > >Just a question, Why is it that my flash stick formatted fat32 works on > >all linux and Winoze systems, but no-one else's flash sticks will work. > > Not guaranteed to be true, but I think it's correct: > > Some manufacturers are lazy/bored/cheap/whatever and do not create a > partition table on such disks, just the vfat filesystem. Windows is either > sloppy enough or smart enough (pick your point of view) to see that and not > care, and it reads the filesystem without having a partition table. Linux > is stricter and barfs. So create a new partition table in Linux, and > create+format a filesystem, then both Linux and Windows should be able to > read it well. > > >mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device > > This is IIRC why some disks/sticks won't accept /dev/sda1... there *is no* > /dev/sda1. There is only /dev/sda, the whole device, there are no partitions. > > FWIW, on the few disks I have, I immediately created a new partition table, > a new vfat partiiton/filesystem, and formatted it. Haven't had a single > problem yet. All disks work well, although of course I've tested a few not > hundreds. > > Hope this helps! > > Cheers, Rodolfo J. Paiz I am sure you re right here , I took my colleges mem stick ran fdisk on it and would you believe it there is no partition, But there is data, I created one with my linux box, and its sorted. Thanks -- Chadley - Linux Rocks Welcome to my world. ****************************************************************** This mail is free for distribution. You are free to - delete it - resend it - use it in anyway that makes you happy. I am not responsible for it or its content due to ignorance. Enjoy the adventures of Linux *******************************************************************
