how to format an mp3 player thumbdrive?

Jeff Vian jvian10 at charter.net
Mon Sep 27 18:27:00 UTC 2004


On Mon, 2004-09-27 at 01:20, Didier Casse wrote:
> A friend gave me his usb mp3 thumbdrive and when I ran my "hwbrowser", I
> saw a /dev/sda alone with no partitions having been created.
> 
> These are some of the things I tried:
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> (root at microtronyx:root)# cat  /proc/scsi/scsi
> 
> Attached devices:
> Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
>   Vendor: CREATIVE Model: MuVo TX FM       Rev: 0001
>   Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> 
> 
> (root at microtronyx:root)# cat /var/log/messages
> 
> [snip]
> Sep 27 14:07:29 nusnet-142-106 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda,
> logical block 11
> Sep 27 14:07:29 nusnet-142-106 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda,
> logical block 12
> Sep 27 14:07:29 nusnet-142-106 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda,
> logical block 13
> Sep 27 14:07:29 nusnet-142-106 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda,
> logical block 14
> Sep 27 14:07:29 nusnet-142-106 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda,
> logical block 15
> 

What was in dmesg related to this?

> 
> (root at microtronyx:root)# fdisk /dev/sda
> 
> Unable to read /dev/sda
> 
> (root at microtronyx:root)# mkfs.vfat /dev/sda
> 
> mkfs.vfat 2.8 (28 Feb 2001)
> mkfs.vfat: Will not try to make filesystem on '/dev/sda'
> 
> (root at microtronyx:root)# mkfs -t vfat /dev/sda 1440
> 
> mkfs.vfat 2.8 (28 Feb 2001)
> Warning: block count mismatch: found 0 but assuming 1440.
> mkfs.vfat: Will not try to make filesystem on '/dev/sda'
> 
> (root at microtronyx:root)# /sbin/mke2fs /dev/sda
> 
> mke2fs 1.35 (28-Feb-2004)
> /dev/sda is entire device, not just one partition!
> Proceed anyway? (y,n) y
> Warning: could not erase sector 2: Attempt to write block from filesystem
> resulted in short write
> Filesystem label=
> OS type: Linux
> Block size=4096 (log=2)
> Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
> 131072 inodes, 262144 blocks
> 13107 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
> First data block=0
> 8 block groups
> 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
> 16384 inodes per group
> Superblock backups stored on blocks:
>         32768, 98304, 163840, 229376
> 
> Warning: could not read block 0: Attempt to read block from filesystem
> resulted in short read
> Warning: could not erase sector 0: Attempt to write block from filesystem
> resulted in short write
> Writing inode tables: done
> Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information:
> Warning, had trouble writing out superblocks.done
> 
> This filesystem will be automatically checked every 25 mounts or
> 180 days, whichever comes first.  Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Shucks! Everything was hopeless. I can't get a decent format on that thing?
> Any suggestions anybody? Thanks for helping out.
> 
> 
> With kind regards,
> Didier.
> 
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> Didier F.B Casse | PhD student | Singapore Synchrotron light Source (SSLS)
> Email: didierbe AT sps dot nus dot sg | Web: http://ssls.nus.edu.sg
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