USB Key File System

[Neil]

> 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.

On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 6:47 AM, hippie dream
<tonightsthenight at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Apologies for the tardy reply. I was out of internet access for quite some
> time.
>
> I tried this:
>
> mkdosfs -n MYLABEL /dev/sda14

Ah there is a problem. You tried to turn the 14th partition on sda
(probably where your / or /boot is) to fat, while the txt below (I
explaned some of it) says the disk is sdb. Usually there is no 14th
partition on sda.
The line should be:

mkdosfs -n MYLABEL /dev/sdb1

Or, if you wanna call it DangerBird:

mkdosfs -n DangerBird /dev/sdb1

I would not advice using a space in a partition name.

>
> This produced this message:
>
> mkdosfs 2.11 (12 Mar 2005)
> /dev/sda14: No such file or directory

That is probably because it doesn't exist.... :P

>
> 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)

sdb is a 4GB Sandisk Cruzer Micro

> [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

There is a partition on sdb. It is called sdb1


Neil

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