[SOLVED] Disk utility

Hello, I need help to figure out why the Zorin disk utility cannot repartition my external USB disk drive. Here are the eorrs.

Code:

Error erasing: helper exited with exit code 1: In part_del_partition: device_file=/dev/sdc, offset=32256
Cannot open '/dev/sdc': No such device or address
Error: Error opening /dev/sdc: No such device or address
ped_device_get() failed



siawacsh

Hi,

it isn't mounted and that is why you cannot access it, once you put in a USB stick, open your home folder and click on the USB drive in the tree on the left and it will mount, you will (I think) have to unmount it when you want to format it using "Gparted", which is just a click away!.

Regards Wolfman

This was an external drive not a USB key. The propblem seems to have been a permission issue. It has resolved by itself. I can access all the files. I think in the future I should be using a FAT32 file system. That way if for some reason I cannot access my Linux I can use any windows machine to access my data.

Would appreciate comments.

siawacsh

You can close this case as fixed. Thanks

Hi,

just to clarify, I assumed it was a USB stick because it showed the drive as "sdc" which would normally be an external (USB) drive!!.

Marking as solved.

Regards Wolfman

Hi Swqarf,

normally a PC with 1 HDD, CD/DVD drive and an external dirve like a USB stick would show up in the same order!!, I was working under the assumption that he had this sort of setup honest!!.

Regards Wolfman