Portable sdb explorer

Scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access SMI USB DISK 1100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4[ 6210.742549] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0[ 6210.743829] sd 0:0:0:0: [sdb] 31129600 512-byte logical blocks: (15.9 GB/14.8 GiB)[ 6210.745121] sd 0:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off[ 6210.745128] sd 0:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00[ 6210.746338] sd 0:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA[ 6210.868622] usb 1-1: reset high-speed USB device number 8 using xhci_hcd[ 6211.326903] sdb:[ 6211.332089] sd 0:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable diskConfirm parted is installed.$ parted --versionparted (GNU parted) 3.2.153Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later .This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.Written by .Confirm the name of an SD card, Flash drive to be formatted.$ lsblk --allBefore we format our usb device, we’ll first erase filesystem or partition-table signatures which may exist on the device.$ sudo wipefs --all --force /dev/sdb/dev/sdb: 5 bytes were erased at offset 0x00008001 (iso9660): 43 44 30 30 31/dev/sdb: 2 bytes were erased at offset 0x000001fe (dos): 55 aa/dev/sdb: 8 bytes were erased at offset 0x00000200 (gpt): 45 46 49 20 50 41 52 54Using Parted to Format SD Card, USB Drive, Flash Drive on LinuxParted has two modes: command line and interactive. Parted should always be started with:sudo parted devicewhere:device is the SD Card, USB Drive or Flash Drive to edit. If you omit the device argument, parted will attempt to guess which device you want.We’ll use Interactive mode which simplifies the partitioning process and reduces unnecessary repetition by automatically applying all partitioning commands to the specified device.In my scenario, the command I’ll execute to start operating on a device is:$ sudo parted /dev/sdbGNU Parted 3.2.153Using /dev/sdbWelcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.(parted) You will notice that the command-line prompt changes to (parted)To see a list of the available commands, enter:(parted) helpStep 1: Create new partition tableYou need to create or recreate the partition table of your device – For first partitioning, or to change

My Flash drive is corrupted and I am trying to recover it using this answer in ask ubuntu whose link is this I have tried lsblksudo blkidsudo fdisk -land here is the result snapshot my targeted drive is sdb of size 14.5 GBBut when I try to mount a mountpoint I got an error which is mount: /media/moeed/usb: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.I have also tried pmount /dev/sdbI got this error on it NTFS signature is missing. Failed to mount '/dev/sdb': Invalid argument The device '/dev/sdb' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS. Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around? NTFS signature is missing. Failed to mount '/dev/sdb': Invalid argument The device '/dev/sdb' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS. Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?Kindly Help me recover the drive. If you need any other information please tell me. Thanks :)

When you need to create an image of your computer, you usually have to store the image somewhere. Where did you leave that boot cd with your favorite image software and where to store the image? Store on NAS device, external USB device or DVD? You can use one device for both! This article describes how you can configure a USB device with 2 partitions where the first partition will contain the image software and the 2nd partition will be used for storing the images. That way you only need 1 (USB) device for creating and storing image(s) of your computer(s). I’ll be using the free Clonezilla imaging software. Setup is done from a (live) Linux environment. The first partition on the USB device can be recognized by Windows (FAT), the 2nd partition only by Linux and Clonezilla (EXT2/3). From (live) linux environment, create an empty USB device When running VMware, you may have to connect your USB device through Virtual Machine, Removable Devices, , Connect. Determine your device ID using the ‘dmesg’ command, its output will look like this: [62249.491845] sdb: [62249.532482] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present [62249.532490] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [62249.532575] sd 3:0:0:0: [[b]sdb[/b]] Attached SCSI removable disk Open in new window Device ID is sdb in this case. When your USB device contains data your Linux environment may mount the device automatically, in that case, using the ‘mount’ command, find out where it is mounted: /dev/sdb on /media/42D3-B580 type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uid=1000,gid=1000,shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,showexec,flush,uhelper=udisks) Open in new window It is mounted on /media/42D3-B580 in this case. Unmount it using the ‘umount’ command, like this: umount /media/42D3-B580 Open in new window Checking with ‘mount’ will show you that the USB device is not mounted anymore. As ‘root’ delete any existing partitions using the fdisk /dev/, d command, like this: fdisk /dev/sdb Command (m for help): d Partition number (1-4): 2 Open in new window Repeat until all partitions are deleted: Command (m for help): d Selected partition 4 Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sdb: 16.0 GB, 16039018496 bytes 64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 15296 cylinders, total 31326208 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 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System Command (m for help): Open in new window Write changes to your

Erased from the device. The offset number may include a "0x" prefix; then the number will be interpreted as a hex value. It is possible to specify multiple -o options. The offset argument may be followed by the multiplicative suffixes KiB (=1024), MiB (=1024*1024), and so on for GiB, TiB, PiB, EiB, ZiB and YiB (the "iB" is optional, e.g., "K" has the same meaning as "KiB"), or the suffixes KB (=1000), MB (=1000*1000), and so on for GB, TB, PB, EB, ZB and YB. -p, --parsable Print out in parsable instead of printable format. Encode all potentially unsafe characters of a string to the corresponding hex value prefixed by '\x'. -q, --quiet Suppress any messages after a successful signature wipe. -t, --types list Limit the set of printed or erased signatures. More than one type may be specified in a comma-separated list. The list or individual types can be prefixed with 'no' to specify the types on which no action should be taken. For more details see mount(8). -h, --help Display help text and exit. -V, --version Print version and exit.ENVIRONMENT LIBBLKID_DEBUG=all enables libblkid(3) debug output. LOCK_BLOCK_DEVICE= use exclusive BSD lock. The mode is "1" or "0". See --lock for more details.EXAMPLES wipefs /dev/sda* Prints information about sda and all partitions on sda. wipefs --all --backup /dev/sdb Erases all signatures from the device /dev/sdb and creates a signature backup file ~/wipefs-sdb-.bak for each signature. dd if=~/wipefs-sdb-0x00000438.bak of=/dev/sdb seek=$((0x00000438)) bs=1 conv=notrunc Restores an ext2 signature from the backup file ~/wipefs-sdb-0x00000438.bak.AUTHORS Karel Zak kzak@redhat.com>SEE ALSO blkid(8), findfs(8)REPORTING BUGS For bug reports, use the issue tracker at The wipefs command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive .

SysToolA collection of helpful tools, gadgets, customizations, and fixes for Linux and Bash.UsageCheck systool.md or the SysTool man page for usage info. Usage for configure can be found with ./configure --help.InstallingThis is reccomended for normal users. If you are trying to contribute to this project, see the Contributing section.Installing normallyOpen the releases tab on the github page and download the .tar.gz file for the latest release.Uncompress the file by running the command tar --extract --file systool-*.tar.gzEnter the directory that was just created by using cd systool-(VERSION).tar.gz, replacing (VERSION) with the version number of the release you downloaded.For a normal install, run the commands ./configure && make && sudo make install. Extra options for configure can be found with ./configure --help. and you can use these options to fine-tune where different files are installed.It is recommended to keep the release folder after you are done. It can be safely removed, but it is required to uninstall SysTool.Portable installationSysTool can be run directly from a storage device without installing.Open the releases tab on the github page and download the .tar.gz file for the latest release.Uncompress the .tar.gz file by running the command tar --extract --file systool-*.tar.gz and enter the directory using cd systool-(VERSION).tar.gz, replacing (VERSION) with the version number of the release you downloaded.Run the commands ./configure && make portable. This should output "Portable install complete. Path to current folder is:" and a full folder path.You should now be able to run SysTool by running the systool file in the folder from step 4. Example: If the SysTool folder is named systool-1.0 and located on the drive /dev/sdb, the command to run SysTool will be /dev/sdb/systool-1.0/systool. The drive name may change, so make sure to use the correct drive name.Building and contributingPlease note that GNU Autotools must be installed before building. To install normally, check the Installing Section.Building from sourceClone this repository using git clone and enter it using cd SysTool.Run aclocal && autoconf && automake --add-missing to generate configure and the Makefile.For a normal install, run the commands ./configure && make && sudo make install. Extra options for configure can be found with ./configure --help. and you can use these options to fine-tune where different files are installed.ContributingFork the repository, clone the fork to your system, and enter it.Enter a new branch for your feature with git branch develop && git switch develop.Change things! The code is in src/systool. Make sure to properly comment code, and remember to update the man page at man/systool.md!Run aclocal && autoconf && automake --add-missing to generate configure and the Makefile.Commit your changes to your fork with git commit -a && git push.Create a pull request to the main repository.

I am trying to format a drive using the Ubuntu Disks utility. When I select and try to format the drive I getError wiping device. Command-line wipefs -a "/dev/sdb" exited with non-zero exit status 1: wipefs: error: /dev/sdb: probing initialization failed: Device or resource busy (udisks-error-quary,0)Nothing I know of us using it and I am doing this from a Live CD boot. What to do? asked Jun 18, 2017 at 12:54 4 Use the -f (force) option:wipefs -af /dev/sdb fosslinux3,8814 gold badges29 silver badges46 bronze badges answered Apr 25, 2018 at 14:43 Unmount the disk and all the partitions on it:sudo umount /dev/sdb*Then retry the wipe. Just wanted to add, in my case I had attached 4 drives that were previously in a RAID on that machine. I had never stopped the existing RAID after disconnecting the drives, so I had to:mdadm --stop /dev/mdX, replacing X with whatever your previous RAID was. answered Oct 14, 2021 at 0:22 Use a GParted live CD (or some other distribution containing GParted) to wipe the partition. 1 You have to unmount the drive. You can run lsblk to see where the drive is mounted, and then you can umount it, for example, when trying to wipefs on sdc:lsblk output:sda 8:0 0 476.9G 0 disk ├─sda1 8:1 0 476.4G 0 part └─sda2 8:2 0 523M 0 part sdb 8:16 0 698.6G 0 disk └─sdb1 8:17 0 698.6G 0 part sdc 8:32 1 28.9G 0 disk ├─sdc1 8:33 1 748M 0 part /run/media/user/ARCH_202109└─sdc2 8:34 1 84M 0 part then I had to run:sudo umount /run/media/user/ARCH_202109and then, I could wipefs --all /dev/sdc answered Jul 20, 2022 at 22:32 You must log in to answer this question. Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. Ask question Explore related questions See similar questions with these tags.