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 04ACA1382C2 for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2013 23:58:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8E4DB21C02F; Fri, 4 Jan 2013 23:58:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-f51.google.com (mail-wg0-f51.google.com [74.125.82.51]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3C5D221C019 for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2013 23:57:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f51.google.com with SMTP id gg4so7714748wgb.6 for ; Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:57:17 -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=uFx3gnhZD+1BLA7Bh/a+9h2mO8yPXwSkqUf49/kLH24=; b=KM7xYL94PUnQwuU9vbvjbVK8DlXRP2Vxp9PtXKArMZ9YNNPNCtqng2ERT+t1a/zE/2 IxRYC1KWTq4THmvmTIEY15OnK6jM905lg8+ybYZvXTBaiI1hi7dzhQWvcE39MERCcWbS x+VjZFOJeQnFA9Aj8MAf68hUbfuF5PAG1VihzlOZAz4KyOcTUul90EfTKeu9VSgRK2dC HhlfOSOvZfZ36W33fNW23RGZVPVLpRNsHY68da1cVSuMRyDXOtMHZOp9zqTCvkmQnhUi rukYpFxutQAiKO0poorRGz4xH0g5UkjTQp4BFRlOoLl84++Nzuj1HoNJQhkavRl9lfou aqqQ== X-Received: by 10.180.86.39 with SMTP id m7mr278094wiz.1.1357343837906; Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:57:17 -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 p2sm1371491wic.7.2013.01.04.15.57.16 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:57:17 -0800 (PST) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Resetting USB flash Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 23:56:44 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/3.6.11-gentoo; KDE/4.9.3; x86_64; ; ) References: <201301041632.26752.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <201301041916.53025.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <20130104202738.GB16813@waltdnes.org> In-Reply-To: <20130104202738.GB16813@waltdnes.org> 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="nextPart17405725.o7JuViJHgq"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201301042357.02598.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 4994491c-67d8-4a79-a614-2b44c3845724 X-Archives-Hash: d226fa9e15ed843832b7c429c1d978fb --nextPart17405725.o7JuViJHgq Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Friday 04 Jan 2013 20:27:38 Walter Dnes wrote: > On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 07:16:51PM +0000, Mick wrote >=20 > > 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. > >=20 > > Different MSWindows tools also fail to operate on it. >=20 > 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=20 (successfully) to run 'hdparm -L 0 /dev/sdb'. It did not make a difference. =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart17405725.o7JuViJHgq 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) iEYEABECAAYFAlDnbE4ACgkQVTDTR3kpaLa3uQCePwNQf/xXoyZoMKG6MTJSUeob vQgAn1F3Eh9GpRA+H5whxZKGr6x79+qp =icGy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart17405725.o7JuViJHgq--