SanDisk cruser USB stick ? (Answered)

[Ramchu]

Hello All,
I am wanting to use this as a Live USB Device
It has the U3 launch pad that makes it bootable on a Windows OS.
This is what I see in dolphin when clicking on the device



The result of fdisk - l as root from the terminal (the last two entries are the USB Device)

[me@localhost ~]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost ~]# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 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
Disk identifier: 0xcc04cc04

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *          63   103538924    51769431    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2       103538925   488392064   192426570    5  Extended
/dev/sda5       103538988   144601064    20531038+  83  Linux
/dev/sda6       144601128   161115884     8257378+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda7       161115948   488392064   163638058+  83  Linux

Disk /dev/sdb: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 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
Disk identifier: 0x7a079040

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1              63   625142446   312571192    c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)

Disk /dev/sdg: 2045 MB, 2045771776 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3963 cylinders, total 3995648 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
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdg1   *          63     3995647     1997792+   b  W95 FAT32
[root@localhost ~]#

Should I remove the U3 launch pad ?

[Bald Brick]

Should I remove the U3 launch pad ?

Yes.

You should remove everything related to U3 and reformat /dev/sdg1 with an ext filesystem. At least I have with all my SanDisk crusers of different sizes.

You can't really boot from U3 although it may seem so if you have Windows running. U3 is only useful if started from Windows.

I would recommend that after you've formatted the partition you use Just18's liveusb script to create the live USB. It's in the repository.

[Ramchu]

Yes.

You should remove everything related to U3 and reformat /dev/sdg1 with an ext filesystem. At least I have with all my SanDisk crusers of different sizes.

Thank You, just the answer i was hoping for.

I would recommend that after you've formatted the partition you use Just18's liveusb script to create the live USB. It's in the repository.

That is what I had planned to do.

Thank You !

[Ramchu]

Wow, 1st try and I am now posting from a Live USB.

As I understand it Just18 is the one that created the script -
Thank You, Just18 - Nice Job ! ! !

[Just17]

Wow, 1st try and I am now posting from a Live USB.

As I understand it Just18 is the one that created the script -
Thank You, Just18 - Nice Job ! ! !

Thank you 

I am glad you found it useful.

Be aware that if you have room on the partition you can install a second version of PCLOS and select to boot either at the Grub screen.
 
I just added the 64bit test05 ISO to my USB stick ...  good fun