TheLizzard's questions

I am having problems with my USB stick. From the disks utility I can see its size, model and Serial Number but I can't make a NTFS partition on it. Previously I had another problem with the same USB stick here. How can I fix it?

$ sudo mkfs -t ntfs /dev/sdb
/dev/sdb is not a block device.
Refusing to make a filesystem here!

I have a new USB stick that should be 1 TB. The program Disks shows a null product code ("VendorCo ProductCode (2.00)") and shows "No Medium" with no size, no media, and no contents. How do I fix it?