Error reading pen drive

[Robert G. (Doc) Savage]

On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 19:27 +0530, Parshwa Murdia wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 6:34 PM, Mikkel <mikkel at infinity-ltd.com> wrote:
> 
> > Can you post the output of "fdisk -l" with the drive plugged in?
> 
> 
> The output of "fdisk -l" is (pen drive plugged in):
> 
> Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0xfedcfedc
> 
>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sda1               1        5737    46082421    7  HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda2            5738       30400   198105547+   f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
> /dev/sda5            5738        9561    30716248+   7  HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda6            9562       13385    30716248+   7  HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda7           13386       15935    20482843+   7  HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda8   *       15936       15961      204799+  83  Linux
> /dev/sda9           15961       28596   101487615+  8e  Linux LVM
> 
> Disk /dev/dm-0: 99.7 GB, 99711188992 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 12122 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x00000000
> 
> Disk /dev/dm-0 doesn't contain a valid partition table
> 
> Disk /dev/dm-1: 4211 MB, 4211081216 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 511 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x00000000
> 
> Disk /dev/dm-1 doesn't contain a valid partition table
> 
> Disk /dev/sdb: 33.5 GB, 33554432000 bytes
> 64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 32000 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x00000000
> 
>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> 
> I don't but I guess the drive is having a small sector corrupted
> inside it as the icon is getting displayed but other actions have been
> restricted unknowingly!

Parsha,

Does running 'fdisk -l /dev/sdb' as root allow you to create and save
new partitions?

--Doc Savage
  Fairview Heights, IL