[sf-lug] how to use fdisk to repartition a 1TB USB hard drive? (jim) [sf-lug Digest, Vol 41, Issue 8]

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Eric Walstad (ewalstad at gmail.com):

> The current issue of Linux Journal has an article[0] on hacking the
> embedded linux running on the MyBook II.  Lots of results on
> google[1], too.  Might be worth trying to gain root on the embedded os
> and using its BusyBox shell to format the drive for you.

Ah, so it's _not_ just the USB-connected hard drive alluded to upthread,
but rather an embedded system.  Much strangeness is now at least
partially explained.