USB SanDisk doesn't work

Robin Laing Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca
Tue Aug 7 16:50:49 UTC 2007


Mike - EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
> On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 22:06:13 -0400, Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> [...]
>> I don't know why you're getting that error, when that device file 
>> clearly exists.
>>
>> Matt Flaschen
> 
> Here it is after I updated udev and disabled the
> password protection on the thumb drive:
> 
> [root at mbrc15 ~]# !parted
> parted /dev/sdb print
> Model: SanDisk U3 Cruzer Micro (scsi)
> Disk /dev/sdb: 1021MB
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
> Partition Table: msdos
> 
> Number  Start  End     Size    Type     File system  Flags
>  1      126kB  1021MB  1021MB  primary  fat16
> 
> Information: Don't forget to update /etc/fstab, if necessary.
> 
> Looks better, doesn't it?  It now works correctly.
> 
> I wonder if there is a secure file system I could use on
> it that would work on both WinXP and Linux?
> 
> Mike.
> 
> 
> 
> 

Look at Truecrypt

http://www.truecrypt.org/


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