From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 676131382B6 for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2013 19:16:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DF00221C09A; Fri, 4 Jan 2013 19:15:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f173.google.com (mail-we0-f173.google.com [74.125.82.173]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 53F4F21C07E for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2013 19:14:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f173.google.com with SMTP id z2so7659882wey.4 for ; Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:14:24 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references :in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :message-id; bh=pEGsy+tg9iUHL/XpZ1rWVbSfPH/a9t4KpIJMqVBvmek=; b=dac9TZPJWF/z48hkzgpGGYrgFmAE+0SUP9BhQVFTzH0MFJAdUoGZqqKp26Vja/UpGe I/rMxf6yFBPzVpRflQZAWdI7iomJg7CEEOHBLoK4skwr0+ODpuKqmhFk8GfuFhDpEDqO mB+FxV3xmP8wrQvJ0oLQcLqUERbTufb6g0Th+FDWd8kHBOOOntPClhZUVJ6DvxWm71Pt h/LL9oBAGg2JaY5A1CdQXoilSjQlXAGWBKLxcShTOhkexuyFHWusGr5yUtbC4JBe+PlS e5zpVMyfhEE9frzoSVaRu4EmQ9/YnQG8xE4RGMCA4PMQQstC+EOMlK0dVbRwgBdMaN2O +SOg== X-Received: by 10.180.14.2 with SMTP id l2mr83322244wic.2.1357326863911; Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:14:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from dell_xps.localnet (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa. [217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id p3sm311854wic.8.2013.01.04.11.14.22 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:14:23 -0800 (PST) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Resetting USB flash Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 19:13:57 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/3.6.11-gentoo; KDE/4.9.3; x86_64; ; ) References: <201301041632.26752.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <201301041718.38230.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1850585.XTqITupIyZ"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201301041914.09495.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 30c011a9-4cfa-4e79-9d86-b90d591f8177 X-Archives-Hash: dcf69ef6d82ce3ae89da3307839c8f2b --nextPart1850585.XTqITupIyZ Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Friday 04 Jan 2013 17:32:14 Paul Hartman wrote: > On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Mick wrote: > > Is there some cryptic hdparm command I could run on it to reset it? I > > mean, it's bricked as is anyway, so it can't get *much* worse. >=20 > "hdparm -z /dev/sdX" will force kernel to re-read the partition table, > which should be the same that happens when you plug it in, but maybe > it'll help... I had a SD card that I had to issue that command every > time I plugged it in, the first read always failed. >=20 > Otherwise, Transcend have a recovery utility (for Windows) that claims > it can recover some dead flash drives. Might be worth a try if you > have access to Windows box or a virtual machine: >=20 > http://www.transcend-info.com/Products/online_recovery_2.asp >=20 > Good luck. Thank you Paul! It seems that I'm running out of luck. I tried the transcend tool, which failed to detect the drive, as well as an= y=20 hdparm command I could think of to reset/restore the darn thing. I think i= ts=20 condition is terminal. :-( =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart1850585.XTqITupIyZ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAlDnKgEACgkQVTDTR3kpaLZSTwCg/KY9k/8Ej1lDWUKh+HpGxHY7 TIQAni3MlLSzbbtI2ikta/wWEHjU4wZh =DwEF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1850585.XTqITupIyZ--