[lug] Gparted doesn't recognize new USB drive

[Jed S. Baer]

On Fri, 12 Mar 2021 11:53:51 -0700 (MST)
D. Stimits wrote:

> If you run "dmesg --follow", and watch for messages as you plug it in.
> What shows up?

Same as before. But it's cool that I can use dmesg instead of journalctl.

> Sometimes you can use dd or similar to wipe things clean and prevent
> things like protective MBRs from getting in the way. Then use gdisk or
> similar to partition. After that apps like gparted work well.

Can you elaborate on "protective MBR"?

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