From: Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Resetting USB flash
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 23:56:44 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201301042357.02598.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130104202738.GB16813@waltdnes.org>
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On Friday 04 Jan 2013 20:27:38 Walter Dnes wrote:
> 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.
Hi Walter,
No, it doesn't, but just in case it had some virtual lock I tried
(successfully) to run 'hdparm -L 0 /dev/sdb'. It did not make a difference.
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Regards,
Mick
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Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-01-04 16:32 [gentoo-user] [OT] Resetting USB flash Mick
2013-01-04 16:48 ` Michael Mol
2013-01-04 17:18 ` Mick
2013-01-04 17:32 ` Paul Hartman
2013-01-04 19:13 ` Mick
2013-01-04 18:43 ` [gentoo-user] " James
2013-01-04 19:16 ` Mick
2013-01-04 20:27 ` Walter Dnes
2013-01-04 23:56 ` Mick [this message]
2013-01-05 2:26 ` Walter Dnes
2013-01-05 10:05 ` Mick
2013-01-07 3:13 ` Walter Dnes
2013-01-07 6:44 ` Mick
2013-01-04 19:12 ` Nikos Chantziaras
2013-01-04 19:29 ` Mick
2013-01-04 22:31 ` [gentoo-user] " Alan McKinnon
2013-01-04 23:59 ` Mick
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