USB Key File System

[hippie dream]

Apologies for the tardy reply. I was out of internet access for quite some
time.

I tried this:

mkdosfs -n MYLABEL /dev/sda14

This produced this message:

mkdosfs 2.11 (12 Mar 2005)
/dev/sda14: No such file or directory

So I tried another suggestion typing in dmesg:

[10656.976585] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
[10656.978629] scsi5 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[10656.980057] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[10656.980065] USB Mass Storage support registered.
[10656.980562] usb-storage: device found at 2
[10656.980565] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[10661.986557] usb-storage: device scan complete
[10661.987074] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access     SanDisk  U3 Cruzer Micro 
4.04 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[10661.987697] scsi 5:0:0:1: CD-ROM            SanDisk  U3 Cruzer Micro 
4.04 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[10661.994449] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] 8013457 512-byte hardware sectors (4103 MB)
[10661.995416] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[10661.995422] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
[10661.995424] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[10661.998162] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] 8013457 512-byte hardware sectors (4103 MB)
[10661.998901] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[10661.998905] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
[10661.998908] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[10661.998916]  sdb: sdb1
[10662.000806] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[10662.000861] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[10662.005153] sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 8x/40x writer xa/form2 cdda tray
[10662.005217] sr 5:0:0:1: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1
[10662.005264] sr 5:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 5

Any ideas at this point? Thanks alot for your help.

Sam


Neil-48 wrote:
> 
> On 8/19/08, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
>> Mumia W. wrote:
>>
>> > On 08/18/2008 03:27 PM, Sam Albers wrote:
>> >> I have some trouble with my Cruzer Micro 4GB USB key. I use this
>> device
>> >> primarily to move file between XP and Ubuntu. I was on XP recently and
>> >> out of boredom changed the name of the USB key to "Danger Bird". Now
>> when
>> >> I try to use the key in Ubuntu I received the error message:
>> >>
>> >> The volume uses the Danger Bird file system which is not supported by
>> >> your system.
>> >>
>> >> I am wondering if there is any way to reformate the USB key in Ubuntu.
>> I
>> >> have tried reformatting it in Windows but this does not seem to have
>> any
>> >> effect. Any ideas on how I might be able to simply reset this USB key
>> to
>> >> factory settings or change the file system?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks in advance.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> > I recently had to reformat my usb key, and it was as simple as this:
>> >
>> > mkdosfs -n MYLABEL /dev/sda14
>>
>> I wonder if you can actually mkdosfs on a 4GB key?
>>
>> In any case, one of the mkfs options would work, and I suspect the OP
>> accidentally changed the wrong thing and didn't actually change its
>> _name_.
>> I don't know what he _did_ do, but your command should give him a useable
>> stick.
>> --
>> derek
> 
> Yes you can use FAT-32 on a 4GB disk (and it can be usefull)
> Fat 16 is limited to 2 GiB, but fat 32 is limited to 8 TiB.
> File sizes on Fat 32 are limited to 4 GiB however, but that's no
> problem with a 4GB stick (4GB is smaller than 4 GiB).
> Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_system_comparison
> 
> Neil
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