On Mon, 2004-09-27 at 01:20, 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 > > > (root@microtronyx:root)# cat /var/log/messages > > [snip] > Sep 27 14:07:29 nusnet-142-106 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda, > logical block 11 > Sep 27 14:07:29 nusnet-142-106 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda, > logical block 12 > Sep 27 14:07:29 nusnet-142-106 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda, > logical block 13 > Sep 27 14:07:29 nusnet-142-106 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda, > logical block 14 > Sep 27 14:07:29 nusnet-142-106 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda, > logical block 15 > What was in dmesg related to this? > > (root@microtronyx:root)# fdisk /dev/sda > > Unable to read /dev/sda > > (root@microtronyx:root)# mkfs.vfat /dev/sda > > mkfs.vfat 2.8 (28 Feb 2001) > mkfs.vfat: Will not try to make filesystem on '/dev/sda' > > (root@microtronyx:root)# mkfs -t vfat /dev/sda 1440 > > mkfs.vfat 2.8 (28 Feb 2001) > Warning: block count mismatch: found 0 but assuming 1440. > mkfs.vfat: Will not try to make filesystem on '/dev/sda' > > (root@microtronyx:root)# /sbin/mke2fs /dev/sda > > mke2fs 1.35 (28-Feb-2004) > /dev/sda is entire device, not just one partition! > Proceed anyway? (y,n) y > Warning: could not erase sector 2: Attempt to write block from filesystem > resulted in short write > Filesystem label= > OS type: Linux > Block size=4096 (log=2) > Fragment size=4096 (log=2) > 131072 inodes, 262144 blocks > 13107 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user > First data block=0 > 8 block groups > 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group > 16384 inodes per group > Superblock backups stored on blocks: > 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376 > > Warning: could not read block 0: Attempt to read block from filesystem > resulted in short read > Warning: could not erase sector 0: Attempt to write block from filesystem > resulted in short write > Writing inode tables: done > Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: > Warning, had trouble writing out superblocks.done > > This filesystem will be automatically checked every 25 mounts or > 180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Shucks! Everything was hopeless. I can't get a decent format on that thing? > Any suggestions anybody? Thanks for helping out. > > > With kind regards, > Didier. > > --- > __ __ > /-oo /| |.-. > .\__/ || | | > _ / \._ \|_|_.-| > | / \__.\=._) (_ > > 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 >
