Reformatting a USB stick that shows up as two devices?

[Chris G]

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 04:29:13PM +0000, Adam Funk wrote:
> On 2008-11-20, Chris G wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 01:31:19PM +0000, Adam Funk wrote:
> 
> >> I typed some of that wrong.  It shows up as two devices, /dev/sdc and
> >> /dev/sdd, and each has its own single partition, /dev/sdc1 and
> >> /dev/sdd1, respectively.
> 
> >> On 2008-11-20, Carl Friis-Hansen wrote:
> >> > Normally yes.
> >> > You could use fdisk or gperted to repartition the whole stick to 
> >> > whatever file system you prefer.
> >> 
> >> I don't see how to use those tools to merge the two devices together,
> >> since they work on only one device at a time.
> >> 
> >> It may be that what I'm asking for is impossible --- is that the case?
> >> 
> > Are you absolutely sure that it shows up as two devices?  If you
> > remove the USB stick do both /dev/sdc and /dev/sdd disappear?  If they
> > don't then remove them 'manually' using umount.
> >
> > When both /dev/sdc and /dev/sdd have gone (with the USB stick
> > unplugged) plug it back in carefully and see if you really get both
> > devices back.
> 
> Yes, they both appear when I plug it in, and both disappear when I
> unplug it.
> 
Does this happen with any USB stick or just this particular one?

-- 
Chris Green