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 A380C1382BB for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2013 20:29:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 21E0321C0F9; Fri, 4 Jan 2013 20:29:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.182]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5029821C092 for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2013 20:27:57 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ArANAG6Zu09FxKsZ/2dsb2JhbABEgXuwewOBGIEIghUBAQQBOhwoCwshExIPBSU3iAkFugmLYoFEgjxiA4hChHyHXIVfiDqBWIMH X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.75,637,1330923600"; d="scan'208";a="211418636" Received: from 69-196-171-25.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([69.196.171.25]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 04 Jan 2013 15:27:55 -0500 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:27:38 -0500 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 15:27:38 -0500 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Resetting USB flash Message-ID: <20130104202738.GB16813@waltdnes.org> References: <201301041632.26752.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <201301041718.38230.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <201301041916.53025.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> 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: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201301041916.53025.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: 81e65ec1-f4ab-424a-83f8-0cb63cd932e6 X-Archives-Hash: 1fb84e71bc9958974febeb83306e2ee4 On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 07:16:51PM +0000, Mick wrote > Thanks James, no luck with parted either. It'll see the old vfat > partition in there, but it will not delete it, reformat it on in > any way change it. > > Different MSWindows tools also fail to operate on it. Under the heading of "grasping-for-straws"... does it have a physical write-protect switch? If such a switch was engaged, that would explain things. -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications