Re: Repartitioning a USB external HD. Need help removing existing partition
>> >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.
It is an ro U3 partition on the WD usb drive.
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