On Tue, 4 Oct 2011 00:27:50 -0500 Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 12:18 AM, Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Tuesday 04 Oct 2011 04:39:45 Adam Carter wrote: > >> If the data is important, I'd use ddrescue to create an image of > >> the drive, then run testdisk over that image to see if it can > >> untangle the partition table mess. Both are in portage. > > > > Well, that's the thing: I'm not sure that there is a mess. At > > least not as far as parted is concerned, which can read the > > partition table properly. > > > > I suspect that fdisk (unlike parted) is not capable of reading the > > device correctly. > > > > I forgot to say that when mounted the USB stick shows not > > partitions (i.e. there is no sdb1, sdb2, etc.) To access the fs I > > must do something like: > > > > pmount /dev/sdb > > > > and then all is lists under /media/sdb. It is like a big floppy. > > I think that's your answer. The "partition table" looks funny because > it isn't one. :) It is somewhat common. I've had some myself that are > like that. > I have a 4G Sandisk that does that too. It does everything a regular USB stick does except a) create a proper partition table and b) be booted from -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
