[gentoo-user] Re: No /dev/sda1 with Klingston usb disk. Wrong lsusb output.

[Regis Decamps]

Frédéric Grosshans wrote:

I've a problem with a recently bought usb disk:there is a /dev/sda node
but no /dev/sda1 . When I try to access /dev/sda, I've the following
errors :
        sanduleak ~ # fdisk /dev/sda

Unable to open /dev/sda

        sanduleak ~ # dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/null
        dd: opening `/dev/sda': No medium found

I think many USB keys have pseudo-partitions, exactly like floppy disks.

You should be able to mount /dev/sda directly
fdisk /dev/sda will fail or displays a broken partition table.

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