On 27/09/04, at 09:26 +0300, Andrey Andreev <andreev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Didier Casse wrote: > > A friend gave me his usb mp3 thumbdrive and when I ran my "hwbrowser", I > > saw a /dev/sda alone with no partitions having been created. > > > > These are some of the things I tried: > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > (root@microtronyx:root)# cat /proc/scsi/scsi > > > > Attached devices: > > Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 > > Vendor: CREATIVE Model: MuVo TX FM Rev: 0001 > > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > > > > A dumb guess, try /sbin/parted maybe? (root@microtronyx:root)# /sbin/parted /dev/sda GNU Parted 1.6.9 Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. Using /dev/sda Error: Unable to open /dev/sda - unrecognised disk label. Information: The operating system thinks the geometry on /dev/sda is 1024/64/32. (parted) With kind regards, Didier. --- Didier F.B Casse | PhD student | Singapore Synchrotron light Source (SSLS) Email: didierbe AT sps dot nus dot sg | Web: http://ssls.nus.edu.sg GPG Key 1024D/B3C57D01 2004-06-23
