Re: [tlug] Ubuntu won't format a 2GB SD card as fat 16

["Josh Glover" <jmglov@example.com>]

On 01/04/2008, Dave M G <dave@example.com> wrote:

> [Josh wrote:]
>
> > Connect a USB hard drive first and see if that still holds true.
>
>  You mean like a USB thumb drive thing?

Sure.

>  Hmm... well... that seems to be mounted at /media/disk, which I know is a
> different thing. I'm not sure what the /dev entry is.

Yup, that is where Ubuntu's automounter is. You can find out what the
/dev node is by:

sudo tail -f /var/log/messages
# insert the USB device
# look for a /dev/sd? entry

>  Partly because I now realize that /dev/sdd seems to be there all the time,
> regardless of whether or not I have an SD card or USB drive or anything
> inserted.

That would make sense. My card reader grabs sda-sdd on insert, since
it has four card slots. When you insert a card, partitions show up,
like /dev/sda1.

Try tailing /var/log/messages as described above when inserting a
card. See if you can tell which device it becomes. Then run "sudo
fdisk -l /dev/sdd" (changing sdd to whatever the device node actually
is).

-- 
Cheers,
Josh