Parshwa Murdia wrote: > On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 7:51 PM, Bryn M. Reeves <bmr@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Probably want just 'fdisk /dev/sdb' if you're planning to create >> partitions and save the table - the -l switch will cause the program to >> print the current table on sdb and exit. > > > Not planning that but only wanted to have the pen drive work well. It's working fine, no errors on the drive, only you destroyed the partition table and all data. At this point I would use fdisk to create a partition (see below), and them create a filesystem on the partition. WHAT KIND OF PARTITION? Typically these devices come with a FAT16 or VFAT file type. If you ever want to use it with any MSFT OS then you should do that. Create a partition and use the 't' command to set the type, type 'c' is FAT32/LBA and is probably what you want. Format the filesystem (/dev/sdb1 not /dev/sdb) with mkfs.vfat (for MS compatibility) or mkfs.ext2 (Linux use). Do NOT use ext3 or any other journaling filesystem, as it tends to shorten the life of the media. That should get you back working. -- Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
