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dadriver 03-09-2006 11:24 AM
how to get rid of a "full-disk filesystem"
 
i accidentally formated my whole usb-disk instead of a partition with "mkdosfs -I /dev/sda".
i tried to use fdisk to get rid of the filesystem but it didnt work. everytime i plug in the disk, the filesystem gets mountet but i cant read or write on it. could anybody tell me how to solve this problem? thanks

marozsas 03-09-2006 11:57 AM
1.Plug your usb-stick, let the system mount it.
2.Umount it.
3.Create a new partition on it. Mine looks like:
Code:
gold:~ # fdisk -l /dev/sdd

Disk /dev/sdd: 521 MB, 521142272 bytes
32 heads, 32 sectors/track, 994 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1024 * 512 = 524288 bytes

  Device Boot      Start        End      Blocks  Id  System
/dev/sdd1  *          1        994      508911+  6  FAT16

gold:~ #
4. Create a dos filesystem on it

I hope this works,


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