Memory stick Medion

[Aaron Schlaegel]

antonio montagnani wrote:
 >>> I created mnt/flash but when I issue:
 >>> mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/flash
 >>> I get
 >>> mount: /dev/sda1 unvalid block device
 >>> Where is my mistake???

Probably (1) there is no partition table, (2) the partition table is wierd, or (3) the device is not working.
(1) Some usb drives come with no partition table, just one giant partition.
     Like a floppy. Try and mount /dev/sda instead of /dev/sda1.
(2) Some usb drives have added "features" like encrypted partitions.
     These are proprietary and I have never heard of them working in Linux.
     If this is the case, you can try and re-partition the drive.
     Of course you will loose everything on it.
(3) sorry.

 >> output of fdisk -l /dev/sda is:
 >> impossible to open /dev/sda

Was the device plugged in? It seemed to work later.

 > [root at Fedora antonio]# /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sda
 >
 > Disk /dev/sda: 256 MB, 256901120 bytes
 > 8 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1011 cylinders
 > Units = cilindri of 496 * 512 = 253952 bytes
 >
 > Dispositivo Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
 > /dev/sda1   ?     1568823     3870254   570754815+  72  Sconosciuto
 > La partizione 1 ha diversi elementi iniziali fisici/logici (non Linux?):
 >    phys=(357, 116, 40) logico=(1568822, 3, 11)
 > La partizione 1 ha diversi elementi finali fisici/logici:
 >    phys=(357, 32, 45) logico=(3870253, 0, 51)
 > Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
 > /dev/sda2   ?      340100     4243383   968014120   65  Novell Netware 386
 > La partizione 2 ha diversi elementi iniziali fisici/logici (non Linux?):
 >    phys=(288, 115, 43) logico=(340099, 6, 47)
 > La partizione 2 ha diversi elementi finali fisici/logici:
 >    phys=(367, 114, 50) logico=(4243382, 4, 42)
 > Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
 > /dev/sda3   ?     3769923     7673205   968014096   79  Sconosciuto
 > La partizione 3 ha diversi elementi iniziali fisici/logici (non Linux?):
 >    phys=(366, 32, 33) logico=(3769922, 2, 30)
 > La partizione 3 ha diversi elementi finali fisici/logici:
 >    phys=(357, 32, 43) logico=(7673204, 7, 39)
 > Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
 > /dev/sda4   ?           1     7333118  1818613248    d  Sconosciuto
 > La partizione 4 ha diversi elementi iniziali fisici/logici (non Linux?):
 >    phys=(372, 97, 50) logico=(0, 0, 1)
 > La partizione 4 ha diversi elementi finali fisici/logici:
 >    phys=(0, 10, 0) logico=(7333117, 7, 30)
 > Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.
 >
 > Partition table entries are not in disk order

(I only understand English) Not sure.
It looks like a garbage partition table, or a proprietary hack.