Any linux-based microSD utilities?

[Bill Davidsen]

Max Pyziur wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I have a Kingston 4GB microSD card in my cellphone. I use a microSD USB
> reader to move files to and from the card (pdfs, mp3s, etc). I tend to
> move it between phones and computers a fair amount.
> 
> It seems that the card has failed and does not auto-mount properly on
> either my desktop or laptop, both of which run F12, or on my phone now.
> 
> However, reviewing /var/log/messages I see that the relevant daemons sense
> the card and create a block device (/dev/sdb or /dev/sdc depending on the
> machine) when I use the USB reader and insert it into a USB port. 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.
> 
> Can the card be made useable again through some sort of formatting utility?
> 
> Any guidance would be appreciated.
> 
Start by using "fdisk -l /dev/XXX" from command line, where XXX is the sd 
device. If you are lucky there will still be a partition /dev/XXX1/ which you 
can try to recover (and can dd it into a disk file for more future trials).

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