Reformatting a USB stick that shows up as two devices?

[Adam Funk]

On 2008-11-20, Chris G wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 04:29:13PM +0000, Adam Funk wrote:
>> On 2008-11-20, Chris G wrote:

>> > 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?

Just this one (which is a couple of years old).  I think it's a
"feature": it shows up as a 128MB drive and as a much smaller one,
which originally had a file with Windows drivers for the big one.

This isn't really very important --- more curiosity than anything
else.