On Tuesday 04 Oct 2011 06:27:50 Paul Hartman 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.
If there isn't a partition table, then why fdisk sees /dev/sdb1-4 with somewhat strange ID types? -- Regards, Mick
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