[clug] Getting rid of a drives [was partitions] on a USB drive

[jhock]

On Sat, 2011-04-16 at 15:45 +1000, Owen wrote:
> > Hi Owen et al,
> >
> > I have tried the fdisk -l etc. on the USB memory stick but I still
> > have
> > the same problem.  The problem is not multiple partitions but two
> > drives
> > that do not tally up to the 2GB that the memory stick use to have.
> >
> > If I do an fdisk -l I get the following:
> >
> > Disk /dev/sdc: 497 MB, 497549312 bytes
> > Disk /dev/sdd: 1 MB, 1474560 bytes
> >
> >  on the one memory stick. These do not add up to the 2GB that I use to
> > have.
> >
> > Can you or someone tell me how to get get the USB memory stick to show
> > only one device with the full 2GB of memory I use to have?
> 
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Bit hard without the device plugged in to try various things.
> 
> presumably df gives the same answer
> 
> That output doesn't look correct, it should give a lot more info
> 
> Can you post the full output of fdisk -l?
> 
> 

Sure. here is the output for the USB memeory stick:

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System

Disk /dev/sdc: 497 MB, 497549312 bytes
16 heads, 60 sectors/track, 1012 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 960 * 512 = 491520 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000d50cc

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System

Disk /dev/sdd: 1 MB, 1474560 bytes
1 heads, 3 sectors/track, 960 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 3 * 512 = 1536 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x69737369

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System

df gives:

Filesystem           1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1            150902080 118238868  24997800  83% /
none                    501776       304    501472   1% /dev
none                    508548       112    508436   1% /dev/shm
none                    508548       116    508432   1% /var/run
none                    508548         0    508548   0% /var/lock
none                    508548         0    508548   0% /lib/init/rw
/dev/sdd                  1424         0      1424   0% /media/BA21-890E

Thanks.


John

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> Owen
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