The one time I wish I owned such a thing. Just a couple of macs here. [[Incidentally, I did run the following to unmount - (and I checked Linfo before and after, and the listed mounted drive disappeard): umount /var/hda/files/drives/drive2 (I also just tried it again and message confirmed that the d...

Well, unfortunately, there is no change: there is still no delete menu option for the two small partitions; only the large one has a delete option.

Ok. Unmounted (checked via Linfo, and it was no longer in the mounted list). Any guess about which small partition I should remove -- there are two small drives: one is small and one is very small. EDIT: And unfortunately, no change: the cfdisk menu options are still restricted for the two small par...

Always something. :? I wanted to delete either or both of the two small partitions, but the menu doesn't show a delete option. On the other hand, for the sdb1 partition there is a delete option. See pics. There is a maximize option for the large SDB partition, but it's for experts only. (I should po...

And in terms of removing all the partitions and creating a new one, can I used cfdisk as described in wiki ?

Then I would format. Correct ?

Thanks

Well that didn't do it. Still not able to delete. Same restricted menu options as before.

All my drives report a large partition, then there is a small one with very little free space. I see two small ones for yours based on the cfdisk results. OK. So to make sure I understand is the issue(so to speak) that my drive is showing 3 partitions as opposed to say, the more usual two ? The dir...

That could be a problem. Typically I see 1 entry about free space which is extremely small. Then the other shows the large partition. Maybe delete the small partition and see if that helps. It may be a partition with Toshiba software for the drive. Can you elaborate a bit? I think you're saying you...

It looks like more than one partition actually, though one is large and one is small. For Toshiba (the new USB drive), it's shows "sdb" and "sdb1". (if that's the case, is there a chance that the system will only allow access for storage to the smaller portion? I think that's the...

If there is no need to partition/format, then don't do it. I would recommend only a single partition on the drive. The guidance in the wiki stipulates using hda-diskmount to mount drives. Familiar with the dismount and partitioning instructions. (The formatting instructions to the preferred format ...

Yes, to starting new threads in future, but this a long-standing issue for me. Ok let me see if I can help here. Did you see the how to use USB disks guidance in the wiki? Not sure if it will help, but thought I would mention it. I think you had mentioned this link before regarding my options in ins...