[plug] SanDisk USB drive

[Arie Hol]

On 16 Feb 2008 at 17:17, Jim Householder wrote:

> 
> 
> ---- Original Message ----
> From: garbuck at westnet.com.au
> To: plug at plug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] SanDisk USB drive
> Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 12:47:24 +0900
> 
> >Can't you just ignore the small partition?
> >
> >If you are only using <100MB/~3990MB you aren't really going to miss 
it
> >are you?
> >
> >Or didn't I understand?
> 
> Not quite.  The 5MB is trivial, I agree.  However what I would like
> is a way to see it with a GNU/Linux tool.  qtparted and fdisk both
> cannot see it, so it appears it is not a proper partition.  I want to 
be
> able to restore it later if it gets corrupted and I decide I want to 
use
> it.
> 
> It's the principle of the matter - it's hidden and I want to see it!
> Openness and transparency and all that...
> 

One thing that you could try is to look at the /proc directory before you 
plug in your USB drive - 

try this as root in a terminal:

cd /proc

ls -l

ls -l | grep root -c			(shows number of iles in /proc)

try it before you plug in your USB drive - then try it again after you 
plug in your USB drive - check the difference in the number of files - 
then investigate the extra files that appear after plugging in the USB 
drive.

On my system I get

[root at Boris proc]# ls -l | grep root -c
169
[root at Boris proc]# ls -l | grep root -c
176

169 files in /proc before plugging in my 2GB Laser Flash drive - then I 
get 176 after plugging in my 2GB Laser Flash drive.


Regards Arie
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