Any linux-based microSD utilities?

[john wendel]

On 01/06/2010 01:54 PM, Bill McGonigle wrote:
> On 01/06/2010 12:48 PM, Max Pyziur wrote:
>> However,
>> the device doesn't automount, nor can I mount it from root.
>> > If the card has failed, I'd like to try and recover whatever data I
>> can.
>
> You could have a card failure or a corrupt filesystem (or both). Try
> reading the card with something like:
>
> dd if=/dev/sdb of=myflakeycard.dd bs=2M conv=sync,noerror
>
> If that succeeds, the disk is probably OK. Usually they're vfat
> filesystems, so look into how to recover those.
>
>  > Can the card be made useable again through some sort of formatting
> utility?
>
> something like:
>
> mkfs -t vfat -n yourphonenumberhere /dev/sdb1
>
> works in my phones and cameras. That'll wipe your data of course. The -n
> flag is optional, but in theory a number there will help an honest man
> return your lost device. It worked once for me anyway.
>
> -Bill
>

You might also try to read the data with "ddrescue". Good luck.

John