On 7 January 2015 at 16:57, steve-ALUG@hst.me.uk wrote:
gparted and fdisk spring to mind.
I also find "file -s" to be useful, as in: sudo file -s /dev/sdc*
One thing I have noted is that sometimes USB sticks get formatted without a partition table (ie /dev/sdX is formatted rather than /dev/sdX1, and the latter therefore does not exist). Not everything supports this.
Also worth noting is that you can copy the partition table from one device (assuming it has one!) to another with: sudo sfdisk -d /dev/sdX | sudo sfdisk /dev/sdY .. substituting X and Y as appropriate.