From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Resetting USB flash
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 00:31:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130105003153.719b3f53@khamul.example.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201301041632.26752.michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
On Fri, 4 Jan 2013 16:32:14 +0000
Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was trying to zero out a USB stick and at some point it seems to
> have locked itself up. By that I mean that for all intends and
> purposes I cannot write to it in any conceivable way.
>
> I tried to delete /dev/sdb1 with c/fdisk, the dd zeros
> into /dev/sdb1, /dev/sdb and also the first 512B to delete the
> partition table, but nothing 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 make it work again?
USB sticks don't last long. When they do that, they are nuked.
They cost about as much as a packet of smokes. Chuck it in the bin, buy
a new one, move on. It's not worth the time to even attempt to fix it.
--
Alan McKinnon
alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-01-04 22:37 UTC|newest]
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
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 ` Alan McKinnon [this message]
2013-01-04 23:59 ` [gentoo-user] " Mick
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