01-05-2010, 01:26 PM | #16 |
a pthread?? where? where?
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01-05-2010, 04:26 PM | #17 |
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mkfs does not exist on the Mac.
I have downloaded a Windows utility called HDD Wipe Tool which is running now. This is what it does: "This freeware HDD Wipe utility will erase and re-certify a SATA, IDE or SCSI hard disk drive with any size of up to 281 474 976 710 655 bytes. Will work with USB and FIREWIRE external drive enclosures. Low-level erasing of Flash Cards is supported too. HDD Wipe Tool will clear partitions, MBR, and every bit of user data. The program utilizes Ultra-DMA transfers when possible." Once the drive is cleared of MBR, partitions etc., how should I format it without creating yet another partition? I have access to OS X, Windows XP and Windows 7 boxes. I had a response from Bookeen and the problem is most likely the partition and MBR, just as you thought, Godzil. |
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newfs doesn't exist either :-( I have access to a Linux box at work so will give it a go there.
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OK. I am at work and have plugged my Opus into a linux server - it is running the very latest Ubuntu distro. How do I know the name of the device? I have tried df, but since it contains no filesystem it hasn't mounted. The box contains a single physical hard drive - does that give a clue about what the Opus drive would be called? I'd hate to run mkfs.vfat on the wrong drive!
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When I run lsusb with only the Opus plugged into the usb port, I get this:
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0bda:0703 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Bus 004 Device 002: ID 04b4:6560 Cypress Semiconductor Corp. CY7C65640 USB-2.0 "TetraHub" Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 |
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Sorted it!!! Feel like doing a little dance;-)
Thanks Godzil! I guessed the Opus would be /dev/sbd and needed to do mkfs.vfat -l /dev/sdb. When I disconnected it and plugged it into my Mc I could see immediately that several folders had been created that weren't there before, and when I added a book using Calibre I could read it on the Opus! I'm so pleased! |
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For future reference, reformatting the internal memory is absolutely fine. Just make sure that you don't also repartition it . Delighted to hear that you're back up and running. |
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Whatever I did on the Mac or on Windows it seemed to create a partition by default.
On my Mac I tried 'diskutil eraseDisk MS-DOS Opus /dev/disk2' where /dev/disk2s1 would be the first partition, but this still insisted on creating a partition and formatting that. Linux certainly saved the day. |
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using diskutil is overkill for reformating a disk like on the Cybook
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On Windows, a simple reformat of the drive is absolutely fine (right click on the drive in Windows Explorer, and select "Format" from the pop-up menu).
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dmesg is one way to see which device is the Cybook To check it just do something like Code:
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fdisk will NOT work and should NOT be used to create partition on a device like the Cybook
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