how to get rid of a "full-disk filesystem"

dadriver · 03-09-2006, 11:24 AM

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,