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    #1

    format USB drive trouble

    Hi all,

    I've been trying to format my flash drive, but I cannot get fdisk to write to the drive without it complaining about "error 22 invalid argument"

    Code:
    root@dv8000:/media# df
Filesystem      1K-blocks   Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda3       39774220 11296968 26472744 30% /
varrun         1031000    152  1030848  1% /var/run
varlock        1031000     0  1031000  0% /var/lock
udev          1031000    64  1030936  1% /dev
devshm         1031000     0  1031000  0% /dev/shm
lrm          1031000   45040  985960  5% /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/volatile
/dev/sda1        985380   1288  934432  1% /media/disk
root@dv8000:/media# /sbin/fdisk /dev/sda1

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sda1: 1017 MB, 1017101312 bytes
32 heads, 61 sectors/track, 1017 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1952 * 512 = 999424 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

   Device Boot   Start     End   Blocks  Id System
/dev/sda1p1        1    1017   992561+ 83 Linux

Command (m for help): d
Selected partition 1

Command (m for help): 1
1: unknown command
Command action
  a  toggle a bootable flag
  b  edit bsd disklabel
  c  toggle the dos compatibility flag
  d  delete a partition
  l  list known partition types
  m  print this menu
  n  add a new partition
  o  create a new empty DOS partition table
  p  print the partition table
  q  quit without saving changes
  s  create a new empty Sun disklabel
  t  change a partition's system id
  u  change display/entry units
  v  verify the partition table
  w  write table to disk and exit
  x  extra functionality (experts only)

Command (m for help): n
Command action
  e  extended
  p  primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4): 1
First cylinder (1-1017, default 1):
Using default value 1
Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-1017, default 1017):
Using default value 1017

Command (m for help): t
Selected partition 1
Hex code (type L to list codes): 83

Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered!

Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.

WARNING: Re-reading the partition table failed with error 22: Invalid argument.
The kernel still uses the old table.
The new table will be used at the next reboot.
Syncing disks.
root@dv8000:/media#

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    #2
    Re: format USB drive trouble

    Use GParted Live CD

    GParted: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/
    An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. Charles Bukowski
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      #3
      Re: format USB drive trouble

      I used
      Code:
      apt-get install gparted
      After running the partition editor it ID it as lock fat32 and wont let me change it. When I went back to try it through konsole it only created a small partition

      Code:
      root@dv8000:~# cd /media
root@dv8000:/media# df -k
Filesystem      1K-blocks   Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda3       39774220 11309444 26460268 30% /
varrun         1031000    152  1030848  1% /var/run
varlock        1031000     0  1031000  0% /var/lock
udev          1031000    64  1030936  1% /dev
devshm         1031000     0  1031000  0% /dev/shm
lrm          1031000   45040  985960  5% /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/volatile
/dev/sda1        986020     4  986016  1% /media/disk
root@dv8000:/media# /sbin/fdisk /dev/sda1

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sda1: 1011 MB, 1011677184 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 122 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x6f20736b

This doesn't look like a partition table
Probably you selected the wrong device.

   Device Boot   Start     End   Blocks  Id System
/dev/sda1p1  ?    48437   119493  570754815+ 72 Unknown
Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
   phys=(357, 116, 40) logical=(48436, 183, 40)
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
   phys=(357, 32, 45) logical=(119492, 104, 7)
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda1p2  ?    10501   131013  968014120  65 Novell Netware 386
Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
   phys=(288, 115, 43) logical=(10500, 111, 30)
Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings:
   phys=(367, 114, 50) logical=(131012, 158, 28)
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda1p3  ?   116395   236907  968014096  79 Unknown
Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
   phys=(366, 32, 33) logical=(116394, 188, 12)
Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings:
   phys=(357, 32, 43) logical=(236906, 234, 25)
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda1p4  ?   179626   179629    27749+  d Unknown
Partition 4 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
   phys=(372, 97, 50) logical=(179625, 87, 47)
Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings:
   phys=(0, 10, 0) logical=(179628, 203, 42)
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.

Partition table entries are not in disk order

Command (m for help): d
Partition number (1-4): 1

Command (m for help): d
Partition number (1-4): 2

Command (m for help): d
Partition number (1-4): 3

Command (m for help): d
Selected partition 4

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sda1: 1011 MB, 1011677184 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 122 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x6f20736b

   Device Boot   Start     End   Blocks  Id System

Command (m for help): n
Command action
  e  extended
  p  primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4): 1
First cylinder (1-122, default 1):
Using default value 1
Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-122, default 122):
Using default value 122

Command (m for help): t
Selected partition 1
Hex code (type L to list codes): 83

Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered!

Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.

WARNING: Re-reading the partition table failed with error 22: Invalid argument.
The kernel still uses the old table.
The new table will be used at the next reboot.
Syncing disks.
root@dv8000:/media# p
-su: p: command not found
root@dv8000:/media# /sbin/fdisk /dev/sda1

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sda1: 1011 MB, 1011677184 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 122 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x6f20736b

   Device Boot   Start     End   Blocks  Id System
/dev/sda1p1        1     122   979933+ 83 Linux

Command (m for help): q
      Any other ideas?
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        #4
        Re: format USB drive trouble

        Maybe someone else will pipe in here.
        I would use GParted Live CD, and have done so many, many times with UFDs, with no problems. You might even try the GUI through K > System > Partition Editor (in 8.04).
        At Konsole
        sudo fdisk -lu
        might shed some light on this, too.
        An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. Charles Bukowski
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          #5
          Re: format USB drive trouble

          I had to resort to Partition Commander... It worked, but I would of rather worked it out through the Konsole. Thanks for the the advice anyway.
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