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mduduzi
12-14-2007, 10:43 AM
Hi people,

I have a problem reading my usb drive which has three partitions. The USB is produce by Canyon with 3 partitions as follows:
1. a 3MB partition (primary) which is used to run the unlocking software for the other partitions
2. a 800MB partition which is not locked by default when i run it on windows xp or any other platforms of windows
3. a 150MB partition that is locked and requires the software in partition 1 to unlock

Im running the knoppix dvd 5.1 installed to the hdd but when i insert the usb, knoppix only reads the 3MB partition (partition 1) and doesnt allow me access to the other 2 partitions.

Please help because this is my main usb drive which i use on a daily basis and i am committing myself to run fully on linux and not to return to windows but i have to solve this problem first

hal8000
12-17-2007, 07:47 PM
Are you running live from or from a permanent install?

From a terminal as su, post the output of

fdisk -l

mduduzi
12-20-2007, 07:15 AM
I am runnning from a permanent installation of the knoppix v5.1 dvd.

The output for the usb is:
root@infinity:~# fdisk -l /dev/sda

Disk /dev/sda: 3 MB, 3145216 bytes
1 heads, 6 sectors/track, 1023 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 6 * 512 = 3072 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 2 1023 3066 e W95 FAT16 (LBA)

Please help