HP USB Mass Storage device issue

[Anthony Tippett <atippett@sports-it.com>]

I'm having issues trying to partition/mount an usb device.  The device
is a HP usb digital drive (looks like a small memstick).  If anyone can
help or has suggestions please let me know.

When I insert the device into the usb it is registered with hotplug:

------------- /var/log/messages
Feb 26 19:15:30 act kernel: usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using
address 11
Feb 26 19:15:30 act kernel: scsi8 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage
devices
Feb 26 19:15:30 act kernel:   Vendor:  HP       Model: Digital Drive
Rev: 1. 00
Feb 26 19:15:30 act kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access
ANSI SC SI revision: 02
Feb 26 19:15:30 act kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi8,
channel 0 , id 0, lun 0
Feb 26 19:15:30 act scsi.agent[18757]: disk at
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1/ usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0/host8/8:0:0:0
Feb 26 19:15:31 act usb.agent[18749]:      usb-storage: already loaded


However, when I try to partition the disk it says "No medium found".

------------ partition steps
act:/home/atippett# fdisk /dev/sda

Unable to open /dev/sda
act:/home/atippett# cfdisk /dev/sda

act:/home/atippett# sfdisk /dev/sda
/dev/sda: No medium found

sfdisk: cannot open /dev/sda read-write
act:/home/atippett#


Here's my information from /proc
------------------
act:/home/atippett# cat /proc/scsi/usb-storage/9
   Host scsi9: usb-storage
       Vendor: Hewlett-Packard
      Product: USB Digital Drive
Serial Number: None
     Protocol: Transparent SCSI
    Transport: Bulk
       Quirks:
act:/home/atippett# cat /proc/scsi/scsi
Attached devices:
Host: scsi9 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
  Vendor:  HP      Model: Digital Drive    Rev: 1.00
  Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 02
act:/home/atippett#



-- 
Anthony