Parshwa Murdia wrote: > On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 2:02 AM, Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> wrote: > >> It's working fine, no errors on the drive, only you destroyed the partition >> table and all data. At this point I would use fdisk to create a partition (see >> below), and them create a filesystem on the partition. > >> WHAT KIND OF PARTITION? > >> Typically these devices come with a FAT16 or VFAT file type. If you ever want to >> use it with any MSFT OS then you should do that. Create a partition and use the >> 't' command to set the type, type 'c' is FAT32/LBA and is probably what you >> want. Format the filesystem (/dev/sdb1 not /dev/sdb) with mkfs.vfat (for MS >> compatibility) or mkfs.ext2 (Linux use). Do NOT use ext3 or any other journaling >> filesystem, as it tends to shorten the life of the media. > >> That should get you back working. > > > But again that doesn't solve because that pen drive is now nowhere > working (in any PC with any OS). So it made me to conclude that the > pen drive has some internal sector badly corrupted or not possible for > repair! What happened when you used fdisk to define a partition on the drive? What error message did you get that caused you to conclude the commands to create a valid partition had failed? -- Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
