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From: Ethan Grammatikidis <eekee57@fastmail.fm>
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:30:39 +0000
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] usb disks in plan9
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>> Usb disks don't know how to handle partitions.
>> You have to use partfs IIRC or some other tool to
>> partition it.

Erm, every USB thumb drive, SD card, or CF card I've used has had a
partition table. Memories of mounting the things under Windows are
too distant to be useful, but OS X not only expects a partition
table, I don't think it can 'prepare' a USB disk without one. Linux
automounters expect a partition table too, whether the kernel-based
automounter or whatever Gnome uses.

Am I off target by a country mile here?