Why can't I create a partition table on my USB flash drive using GParted?

I have a blank USB flash drive I want to put a new filesystem on. If I try adding a new partition it complains "No partition table found on device /dev/sdc". Creating a msdos partition table seems to work correctly, except that when I go to add a new partition it complains with the same error. What am I missing?

Trying using Disk Utility in the Administration Menu (command line: palimpsest) instead of gparted. You should be able to create a partition table with it or replace the existing one.

It's entirely possible they use the same libraries & access routines - if that fails i'd suspect your hardware is faulty.

You can create it.Open Gparted, right click on allocated space of your USB flash drive and select New.Enter everything as you see in the snapshot below and click add.

NOTE: Now fill all the fields as you see in the snapshot below and click add. NOTE: Now goto Edit Menu and select Apply All Operations. Now new partition is created.