Re: Repartitioning a USB external HD. Need help removing existing partition
On 20100325_193701, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 2010-03-25 19:17, Paul E Condon wrote:
> >I just purchased a new Western Digital 'My Passport'. I've done this
> >before and thought I knew what to do, but this one has new, modern
> >features that are causing be problem pain. As delivered, the drive
> >has format type 07 (HPFS/NTFS). When I plug it in, it mounts as 2
> >partitions. One is called /dev/sda1 and the other is called
> >/dev/sr0. I have succeeded in removing /dev/sda1 using fdisk and
> >bulling thru warning messages about large number of cylinders.
>
> sr0 ??????
>
> That's you CD/DVD drive!!!!
>
No. My two CD/DVD drives are /dev/hdc and /dev/hdd .
This thingy mounts as /media/My Passport
Or some such. Its unplugged not so I can't check(note embedded space in name)
And it isn't there when I pull the USB plug.
> $ dir /dev/sr0
> brw-rw----+ 1 root cdrom 11, 0 2010-03-23 15:40:09 /dev/sr0
>
> $ dmesg | grep sr0 | head -n2
> [ 7.171872] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x writer dvd-ram cd/rw
> xa/form2 cdda tray
> [ 7.172265] sr 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
>
>
> >But the /dev/sr0 is being difficult. Both fdisk and cfdisk tell me I
> >have no permission to write. Not surprising given the device name.
>
> As it should!!
>
> >But I really want to remove it because it automounts with a goofy
> >mountpoint name in /media and I know I will come to regret letting
> >it survive.
>
> $ dmesg | grep sr0
>
> >How? what software utility? Is this one of the x commands that are
> >for experts only?
> >
> >PS yes I'm doing all my work as root. But still no permission to
> >write.
> >
>
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