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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] [OT] Resetting USB flash
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 16:32:14 +0000
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I was trying to zero out a USB stick and at some point it seems to have loc=
ked=20
itself up.  By that I mean that for all intends and purposes I cannot write=
 to=20
it in any conceivable way.

I tried to delete /dev/sdb1 with c/fdisk, the dd zeros into /dev/sdb1,=20
/dev/sdb and also the first 512B to delete the partition table, but nothing=
=20
seems to work.

/dev/sdb1 is still there no matter how I try to delete/format/overwrite it.

Is there a way of resetting whatever needs resetting in the USB flash chip =
to=20
make it work again?
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Regards,
Mick

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