That's the U3 drive "feature." You bought a stick
that dedicates some
of the storage space to a hidden partition with the U3
"operating
system" that's needed to run the U3 applications. You
cannot delete
this partition directly (supposedly U3 has a tool to do
this, but it
didn't work for me). If you have no intention of using the
U3
applications, buying a U3 memory stick is not a good idea.
Read the
fine print on the packaging to see if the memory stick
you're
considering is U3 or not. FWIW, I think U3 is a waste of
time and
resources for most people, who simply want to use the memory
stick to
store files. I returned the one I bought to Office Max and
got a
"normal" USB memory stick.
On 12/31/2006 ubuntu-users-request lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 06:28:05 -0600
> From: Steve Jeppesen <ampster40comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: USB Stick with Password under Linux
> To: ubuntu-userslists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <20061231062805.2c174dfbsteve.homeip.net>
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>
> On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 10:41:48 +0300
> OOzy Pal wrote:
>
>
>> > Can some one recommend a USB stick that I can
password protect under
>> > Linux and Windows?
>> >
>>
>
> I just purchased a Kingston U3 DataTraveler 1 gig this
past weekend and
> noticed it had a password/security function built into
it - however I
> am unable to test it in either O.S. right now as it is
at my place of
> business - and I'm not!
>
> h
ttp://www.kingston.com/flash/datatraveler_home.asp
>
> That link provides a listing of their various USB
flashdrives, and the
> top one is listed as "Kingston DataTraveler Secure
Privacy
> NEW! DataTraveler Secure - Privacy Edition " -
maybe that would work as
> well?
>
> the datatraveler I purchased has a couple of annoyances
though.
>
> When you plug it in, it mounts two drives, one
"cd-rom" type and
> one for your data. That's for M$ and Linux. I can live
with that.
>
> The "cd-rom" mount doesn't allow you to
delete anything, like a normal
> cd-rom. And according to the instructions, it comes
with preloaded
> "apps" on the data mount that can be deleted
if desired.
>
> I found you can delete those apps on the data mount,
but every time you
> plug that sucker back in, either in M$ or Linux, it
copies three files
> back over from the cdrom mount. I find that to be
rather suspicious
> behavior myself and don't like it.
>
> Other than that - it's really fast.
>
> Hope this gets you pointed in a direction at least.
>
> Steve
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