Cannot create partition table on my memory card, therefore cant format it using any tool
I think I have tried everything , but I am a virgin linux user and I may not have tried the right things.
I am trying to format my memory card using fdisk , every thing goes to plan, but when I excute the w command, and it says
The partition table has been altered.
Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
Syncing disks.
but then when I try mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/sdc1
, I get
mkfs.fat 4.1 (2017-01-24)
mkfs.vfat: unable to open /dev/sdc1: No such file or directory
then I go fdisk /dev/sdc
I get
Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.32.1).
Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
Be careful before using the write command.
Device does not contain a recognized partition table.
Created a new DOS disklabel with disk identifier 0x288f5b3c.
and it goes on and on every time I create a partition using fdisk , and it goes well in there, after I write on disk the partitions get deleted and I dont know why
aslo this is what dmesg | tail
gives me :
[ 6304.554564] usb-storage 1-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 6304.554822] scsi host4: usb-storage 1-1:1.0
[ 6305.866892] scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access MXT-USB Storage Device 1308 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
[ 6305.921818] sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[ 6305.952438] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] 11981824 512-byte logical blocks: (6.13 GB/5.71 GiB)
[ 6305.955411] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[ 6305.955414] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
[ 6305.959923] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page found
[ 6305.959927] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 6306.514638] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
Edit : output of lsblk -i --include 8
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 20G 0 disk
|-sda1 8:1 0 18G 0 part /
`-sda5 8:5 0 2G 0 part [SWAP]
sdc 8:32 1 5.7G 0 disk
and output of fdisk --list
Disk /dev/sda: 20 GiB, 21474836480 bytes, 41943040 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xca1f41c0
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 * 2048 37750783 37748736 18G 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 37752830 41940991 4188162 2G 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 37752832 41940991 4188160 2G 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Disk /dev/sdc: 5.7 GiB, 6134693888 bytes, 11981824 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Edit: I have tried gparted but I cant get it to create partition table; here is what gparted look like gparted
Edit: I have tried formating using dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc bs=512 count=1
and then I view the results using
dd if=/dev/sdc bs=512 count=1 | hexdump -C
which should give me zeros , but it didnt!
after that I used dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc bs=1M
and it actually gave me zeros this time; here
00000000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
*
00000200
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
512 bytes copied, 0.00445352 s, 115 kB/s
Edit: I tried to check for bad blocks; with `badblocks -vw /dev/sdc' and I get
Pass completed, 5990912 bad blocks found. (0/0/5990912 errors)
I know its not worth the effort, I am just using this to learn, so thanks for your time and effort in advance!
Edit: I tried gsmartcontrol , it doesnt allow me to perform tests, and here is what it gives
smartctl 6.6 2017-11-05 r4594 [x86_64-linux-4.18.0-kali2-amd64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-17, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Vendor: MXT-USB
Product: Storage Device
Revision: 1308
User Capacity: 6,134,693,888 bytes [6.13 GB]
Logical block size: 512 bytes
scsiModePageOffset: response length too short, resp_len=4 offset=4 bd_len=0
scsiModePageOffset: response length too short, resp_len=4 offset=4 bd_len=0
Terminate command early due to bad response to IEC mode page
A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one or more '-T permissive' options.
usb partitioning sd-card
add a comment |
I think I have tried everything , but I am a virgin linux user and I may not have tried the right things.
I am trying to format my memory card using fdisk , every thing goes to plan, but when I excute the w command, and it says
The partition table has been altered.
Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
Syncing disks.
but then when I try mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/sdc1
, I get
mkfs.fat 4.1 (2017-01-24)
mkfs.vfat: unable to open /dev/sdc1: No such file or directory
then I go fdisk /dev/sdc
I get
Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.32.1).
Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
Be careful before using the write command.
Device does not contain a recognized partition table.
Created a new DOS disklabel with disk identifier 0x288f5b3c.
and it goes on and on every time I create a partition using fdisk , and it goes well in there, after I write on disk the partitions get deleted and I dont know why
aslo this is what dmesg | tail
gives me :
[ 6304.554564] usb-storage 1-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 6304.554822] scsi host4: usb-storage 1-1:1.0
[ 6305.866892] scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access MXT-USB Storage Device 1308 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
[ 6305.921818] sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[ 6305.952438] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] 11981824 512-byte logical blocks: (6.13 GB/5.71 GiB)
[ 6305.955411] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[ 6305.955414] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
[ 6305.959923] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page found
[ 6305.959927] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 6306.514638] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
Edit : output of lsblk -i --include 8
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 20G 0 disk
|-sda1 8:1 0 18G 0 part /
`-sda5 8:5 0 2G 0 part [SWAP]
sdc 8:32 1 5.7G 0 disk
and output of fdisk --list
Disk /dev/sda: 20 GiB, 21474836480 bytes, 41943040 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xca1f41c0
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 * 2048 37750783 37748736 18G 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 37752830 41940991 4188162 2G 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 37752832 41940991 4188160 2G 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Disk /dev/sdc: 5.7 GiB, 6134693888 bytes, 11981824 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Edit: I have tried gparted but I cant get it to create partition table; here is what gparted look like gparted
Edit: I have tried formating using dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc bs=512 count=1
and then I view the results using
dd if=/dev/sdc bs=512 count=1 | hexdump -C
which should give me zeros , but it didnt!
after that I used dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc bs=1M
and it actually gave me zeros this time; here
00000000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
*
00000200
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
512 bytes copied, 0.00445352 s, 115 kB/s
Edit: I tried to check for bad blocks; with `badblocks -vw /dev/sdc' and I get
Pass completed, 5990912 bad blocks found. (0/0/5990912 errors)
I know its not worth the effort, I am just using this to learn, so thanks for your time and effort in advance!
Edit: I tried gsmartcontrol , it doesnt allow me to perform tests, and here is what it gives
smartctl 6.6 2017-11-05 r4594 [x86_64-linux-4.18.0-kali2-amd64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-17, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Vendor: MXT-USB
Product: Storage Device
Revision: 1308
User Capacity: 6,134,693,888 bytes [6.13 GB]
Logical block size: 512 bytes
scsiModePageOffset: response length too short, resp_len=4 offset=4 bd_len=0
scsiModePageOffset: response length too short, resp_len=4 offset=4 bd_len=0
Terminate command early due to bad response to IEC mode page
A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one or more '-T permissive' options.
usb partitioning sd-card
Edit your question, cursor to the end, press CTRL+R, then add the output oflsblk -i --include 8
andsudo fdisk --list
to your post. Set "code-sample" on the text printed by the commands.
– Hannu
Jan 27 at 18:25
add a comment |
I think I have tried everything , but I am a virgin linux user and I may not have tried the right things.
I am trying to format my memory card using fdisk , every thing goes to plan, but when I excute the w command, and it says
The partition table has been altered.
Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
Syncing disks.
but then when I try mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/sdc1
, I get
mkfs.fat 4.1 (2017-01-24)
mkfs.vfat: unable to open /dev/sdc1: No such file or directory
then I go fdisk /dev/sdc
I get
Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.32.1).
Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
Be careful before using the write command.
Device does not contain a recognized partition table.
Created a new DOS disklabel with disk identifier 0x288f5b3c.
and it goes on and on every time I create a partition using fdisk , and it goes well in there, after I write on disk the partitions get deleted and I dont know why
aslo this is what dmesg | tail
gives me :
[ 6304.554564] usb-storage 1-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 6304.554822] scsi host4: usb-storage 1-1:1.0
[ 6305.866892] scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access MXT-USB Storage Device 1308 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
[ 6305.921818] sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[ 6305.952438] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] 11981824 512-byte logical blocks: (6.13 GB/5.71 GiB)
[ 6305.955411] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[ 6305.955414] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
[ 6305.959923] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page found
[ 6305.959927] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 6306.514638] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
Edit : output of lsblk -i --include 8
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 20G 0 disk
|-sda1 8:1 0 18G 0 part /
`-sda5 8:5 0 2G 0 part [SWAP]
sdc 8:32 1 5.7G 0 disk
and output of fdisk --list
Disk /dev/sda: 20 GiB, 21474836480 bytes, 41943040 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xca1f41c0
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 * 2048 37750783 37748736 18G 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 37752830 41940991 4188162 2G 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 37752832 41940991 4188160 2G 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Disk /dev/sdc: 5.7 GiB, 6134693888 bytes, 11981824 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Edit: I have tried gparted but I cant get it to create partition table; here is what gparted look like gparted
Edit: I have tried formating using dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc bs=512 count=1
and then I view the results using
dd if=/dev/sdc bs=512 count=1 | hexdump -C
which should give me zeros , but it didnt!
after that I used dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc bs=1M
and it actually gave me zeros this time; here
00000000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
*
00000200
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
512 bytes copied, 0.00445352 s, 115 kB/s
Edit: I tried to check for bad blocks; with `badblocks -vw /dev/sdc' and I get
Pass completed, 5990912 bad blocks found. (0/0/5990912 errors)
I know its not worth the effort, I am just using this to learn, so thanks for your time and effort in advance!
Edit: I tried gsmartcontrol , it doesnt allow me to perform tests, and here is what it gives
smartctl 6.6 2017-11-05 r4594 [x86_64-linux-4.18.0-kali2-amd64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-17, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Vendor: MXT-USB
Product: Storage Device
Revision: 1308
User Capacity: 6,134,693,888 bytes [6.13 GB]
Logical block size: 512 bytes
scsiModePageOffset: response length too short, resp_len=4 offset=4 bd_len=0
scsiModePageOffset: response length too short, resp_len=4 offset=4 bd_len=0
Terminate command early due to bad response to IEC mode page
A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one or more '-T permissive' options.
usb partitioning sd-card
I think I have tried everything , but I am a virgin linux user and I may not have tried the right things.
I am trying to format my memory card using fdisk , every thing goes to plan, but when I excute the w command, and it says
The partition table has been altered.
Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
Syncing disks.
but then when I try mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/sdc1
, I get
mkfs.fat 4.1 (2017-01-24)
mkfs.vfat: unable to open /dev/sdc1: No such file or directory
then I go fdisk /dev/sdc
I get
Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.32.1).
Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
Be careful before using the write command.
Device does not contain a recognized partition table.
Created a new DOS disklabel with disk identifier 0x288f5b3c.
and it goes on and on every time I create a partition using fdisk , and it goes well in there, after I write on disk the partitions get deleted and I dont know why
aslo this is what dmesg | tail
gives me :
[ 6304.554564] usb-storage 1-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 6304.554822] scsi host4: usb-storage 1-1:1.0
[ 6305.866892] scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access MXT-USB Storage Device 1308 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
[ 6305.921818] sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[ 6305.952438] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] 11981824 512-byte logical blocks: (6.13 GB/5.71 GiB)
[ 6305.955411] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[ 6305.955414] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
[ 6305.959923] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page found
[ 6305.959927] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 6306.514638] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
Edit : output of lsblk -i --include 8
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 20G 0 disk
|-sda1 8:1 0 18G 0 part /
`-sda5 8:5 0 2G 0 part [SWAP]
sdc 8:32 1 5.7G 0 disk
and output of fdisk --list
Disk /dev/sda: 20 GiB, 21474836480 bytes, 41943040 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xca1f41c0
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 * 2048 37750783 37748736 18G 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 37752830 41940991 4188162 2G 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 37752832 41940991 4188160 2G 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Disk /dev/sdc: 5.7 GiB, 6134693888 bytes, 11981824 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Edit: I have tried gparted but I cant get it to create partition table; here is what gparted look like gparted
Edit: I have tried formating using dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc bs=512 count=1
and then I view the results using
dd if=/dev/sdc bs=512 count=1 | hexdump -C
which should give me zeros , but it didnt!
after that I used dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc bs=1M
and it actually gave me zeros this time; here
00000000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
*
00000200
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
512 bytes copied, 0.00445352 s, 115 kB/s
Edit: I tried to check for bad blocks; with `badblocks -vw /dev/sdc' and I get
Pass completed, 5990912 bad blocks found. (0/0/5990912 errors)
I know its not worth the effort, I am just using this to learn, so thanks for your time and effort in advance!
Edit: I tried gsmartcontrol , it doesnt allow me to perform tests, and here is what it gives
smartctl 6.6 2017-11-05 r4594 [x86_64-linux-4.18.0-kali2-amd64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-17, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Vendor: MXT-USB
Product: Storage Device
Revision: 1308
User Capacity: 6,134,693,888 bytes [6.13 GB]
Logical block size: 512 bytes
scsiModePageOffset: response length too short, resp_len=4 offset=4 bd_len=0
scsiModePageOffset: response length too short, resp_len=4 offset=4 bd_len=0
Terminate command early due to bad response to IEC mode page
A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one or more '-T permissive' options.
usb partitioning sd-card
usb partitioning sd-card
edited Jan 28 at 6:43
Diaa Alaa
asked Jan 26 at 19:00
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Edit your question, cursor to the end, press CTRL+R, then add the output oflsblk -i --include 8
andsudo fdisk --list
to your post. Set "code-sample" on the text printed by the commands.
– Hannu
Jan 27 at 18:25
add a comment |
Edit your question, cursor to the end, press CTRL+R, then add the output oflsblk -i --include 8
andsudo fdisk --list
to your post. Set "code-sample" on the text printed by the commands.
– Hannu
Jan 27 at 18:25
Edit your question, cursor to the end, press CTRL+R, then add the output of
lsblk -i --include 8
and sudo fdisk --list
to your post. Set "code-sample" on the text printed by the commands.– Hannu
Jan 27 at 18:25
Edit your question, cursor to the end, press CTRL+R, then add the output of
lsblk -i --include 8
and sudo fdisk --list
to your post. Set "code-sample" on the text printed by the commands.– Hannu
Jan 27 at 18:25
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Edit your question, cursor to the end, press CTRL+R, then add the output of
lsblk -i --include 8
andsudo fdisk --list
to your post. Set "code-sample" on the text printed by the commands.– Hannu
Jan 27 at 18:25