The story is simple, I got a free 512MB USB key/stick thing that I'd like to use, because hey, it's handy. However, here's the catch: It was a freebie and there's junk on it.

When the key is inserted my computer detects it as two drives. A CDROM (bogus!) As well as a regular flash drive with 470MB free space.

Now, as much as I appreciate the free stuff that was sent on it, and the information from the company doing it's little marketing thing after inserting this thing a few times it gets _really_ annoying to have this unusable and useless "CDROM" show up.

So, I want to get rid of it... Below is some details of the actual device courtesy of the program 'lsusb' - If you have any ideas drop a message. I'm interested in seeing if it's possible. I've checked partitions and I've tried a few other small things but I think it's more a long the lines of actually reprogramming the controller chip on the stick itself, which will probably be ugly.

Anyways, here's the output:

Bus 002 Device 009: ID 090c:1000 Feiya Technology Corp. Memory Bar
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass         0 
  bDeviceProtocol         0 
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  idVendor           0x090c Feiya Technology Corp.
  idProduct          0x1000 Memory Bar
  bcdDevice           11.00
  iManufacturer           1 SMI Corporation
  iProduct                2 USB DISK
  iSerial                 3 AA04012700008076
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength           32
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          0 
    bmAttributes         0x80
      (Bus Powered)
    MaxPower              100mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           2
      bInterfaceClass         8 Mass Storage
      bInterfaceSubClass      6 SCSI
      bInterfaceProtocol     80 Bulk (Zip)
      iInterface              0 
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
        bInterval             255
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x02  EP 2 OUT
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
        bInterval             255
Device Qualifier (for other device speed):
  bLength                10
  bDescriptorType         6
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass         0 
  bDeviceProtocol         0 
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  bNumConfigurations      1
Device Status:     0x0000
  (Bus Powered)