I have U10.10 installaed and am please with it. However, it will not format dvds, cd or usds which is a problem. I keep getting an error saying the device is in use. Then when I unmount the device it comes back with the error;
Error creating file system: helper exited with exit code 1: Error calling fsync(2) on /dev/sr0: Input/output error
just wondering is there a simple script to convert datetime to UTC format. I have been searching different forums but most answers are for converting UTC to datetime. For example what is a simple command/script to convert todays datetime to UTC format i.e. '2009-10-09 11:47:59'.
my school we want to print a magazine but we have problem with the format of the files. We need to create a sheet in A3 format from two sheets in A4 format. I was reading about the pdftk library but it doesn't do what i need.
I need some assistance in trying to format a USB hard drive to vfat format but can't seem to do so. I am currently using RHEL 5.3. I have tried the following commands and they all come back as "command not found"
I downloaded the ChromeOS,the file that I downloaded is in .raw format, the site tells me that I must put the .raw image in the USB pendrive using ImageWriter(the site refers to the windows version).The problem is that the ImageWriter's version for Ubuntu cannot see files in .raw format, but only in .img format.I searched the internet how to put the OS'image this format inside the USB from Ubuntu but unfortunately I haven't found anything.
I'm still trying to find out if my coby mp3 player will actually play mtv video files as is advertised.
ffmpeg -formats does list mtv but the only command I really ever used was one to convert a vid to an mp3 so I tried Code: ffmpeg -i test.mp4 -acodec copy output.mtv it returns Code: Unable to find a suitable output format for 'output.mtv' I can't find any mtv files online for purchase or free for that matter, so I know this is all pretty obscure but shouldn't there be a way to convert them since ffmpeg lists mtv format?
I have some .mp4 files. While open this file using vlc-player the resolution is fine. Then I convert this .mp4 format to .avi format using "ffmpeg". While open the .avi file using vlc-player the resolution is not fine.
I am trying to format 4 GB sd memory using mkfs.vfat. I want to use the card both in linux and windows so I am formatting with Vfat filesystem. When I format the card from command line with "mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/mmcblk1" I am getting a warning message like "unable to get drive geometry, using default 255/63" but the data in the card is erased.
But when I mount the card and checks for the size using df -h its showing 1 GB instead of 4 GB. how to format the SD memory card or any other alternate way to format the card.
I am having trouble getting K3B to rip to mp3 format. I have the Ubuntu Restricted Extras. I also ran Code: sudo apt-get -y install k3b libk3b2-extracodecs But it says "Couldn't find package libk3b2-extracodecs". In K3B if I go under Pluggins>external Encoders there is nothing there, but I am pretty sure I do have LAME. So how do i get K3B to play nice? Audacity can encode to mp3.
I have a dead usb and I want to format it. It is not detected in ubuntu. But in disk utility as 0.0KB unrecognized. In gparted it is not shown. ouput of fdisk -l Code: vishnu@vishnu-laptop:~$ sudo fdisk -l [sudo] password for vishnu: Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x68000000 ..... /dev/sdb is entire device, not just one partition! Proceed anyway? (y,n) y mkfs.ext3: Device size reported to be zero. Invalid partition specified, or partition table wasn't reread after running fdisk, due to a modified partition being busy and in use. You may need to reboot to re-read your partition table. How can I format it?
After installing Ubuntu 10.04, 64-bit, I can no longer rip CDs to MP3 format. I can play MP3 files on the computer just fine. And this isn't limited to a single application.I normally use Sound Juicer to rip my CDs. Under Edit >> Preferences >> Format, the drop down menu no longer lists MP3 as an output option; however, if I click on the "Edit Profiles" button, there is a "CD Quality, MP3" option and it is set to active.
I'm having the same problem with Rhythmbox. Under Edit >> Preferences >> Music, the "Preferred format" box is empty, the dropdown menu is grayed out, and clicking the "Edit" box only shows the same sound profiles as Sound Juicer with no way to make one enabled (yet they are marked as active).
I have Ubuntu installed and I need to reinstall Window$ so that I can set up a dual boot.I cannot get my Hardrive to format, I think there is a way to format the drive in recovery but I do not remember the commands for command prompt.
I added an extra hard drive to my computer for backup purposes. I had used it with a windows system and it was NTFS before I formatted it. I used the recommended ext4 format. However, I cannot access the disk. It shows up on my desktop, but there's only one folder on it called lost+found and I cannot drop files into it. What else do I need to do to use the drive?
I've tried everything--from the CLI to GParted and back--but I can't seem to format my SD card. I know it's not the card because it is recognized in three other devices, which offer to format it because they don't think it's formatted.When in GParted, I can create a new partition table and create a new partition, but after that completes, the card remains grey and the GParted tells me the disk label is unrecognizable.When I go at it with fdisk/mkfs.vfat, I'm told:
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Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or OSF disklabel
Building a new DOS disklabel with disk identifier 0x24edb58b. Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
After that, of course, the previous content won't be recoverable.
Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 4 will be corrected by w(rite)[code].........
I tried to format my SD card from ext3 to NTFS... But when i right click, i am not able to find the option for formatting...I am dual booting, so able to do it in Windows.. But was wondering, whether we can do it without help of any program like gparted, as we are able to do it windows?
I have an external 3TB hdd which is all NTFS formatted. I want to claim a portion of the drive for an ext2 partition.
I was hoping to resize my NTFS partition ... but it seems GParted on Lucid (even cd boot), doesn't list my external usb device at all.
Any idea why that might be? I read somewhere that the device should be unmounted before it can be detected but it makes no difference - even after a device list-refresh in GParted.
(I tried running the install/setup Windows software which came with the ext drive but there is no option for resizing it)
I have a 8GB USB drive that recently started to behave improperly. And by started I mean that my dad decided he'd use itke a bootable drive and succeeded in breaking it.I tried formatting and zeroing the drive with dd but no luck. It seems to finish normally, but everything remains the same. Then I read a similar thread here that worked for one guy and tried working it that way but again could not manage it. It using sfdisk and the negative result might have been because I hadn't used it before so didn't know exactly what I was doing.
Anyway, the situation is absolutely the same: cannot format/erase partition, cannot format/erase/write data, errors are spewed out like -Error creating partition table: helper exited with exit code 1: Error calling fsync(2) on /dev/sdb: Input/output errorOR Error creating partition table: helper exited with exit code 1: Error calling fsync(2) on /dev/sdb:
Today I am facing strange issue with my USB. I can't format my pendrive. Doing all possible commands it showing that the pendrive is write protected it cannot be fomatted
I have tried fdisk,cfdisk,gparted,dd, rm * etc pendrive is transcend 8 gib but it showing 530gib of size
Alright, I got a pair of darn nice stereo headphones over the past month and I'd like to maximize their use with the best audio format possible on my Ubuntu computers. I have a pretty extensive music collection but now going from using Itunes, Winamp, Banshee, etc formats seem to be getting pretty extensive. I want to know what the BEST overall quality audio format is. I'm only talking about simple listening, not editing, if it makes a difference.
I don't care what the size of the song comes out to here. If a 5 minute song ends up being 25mb, so be it. And what is your reason behind your choice, short and sweet.
I have an old office PC that I need to shred the drive on. Problem is, I have no monitor for it. I do have the 9.10 LiveCD however. Can anyone walk me through how to do a format without actually seeing it? And to have it shutdown after?