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 133D91382C7 for ; Sat, 5 Jan 2013 02:28:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5172BE06D6; Sat, 5 Jan 2013 02:28:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.182]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D867FE06EE for ; Sat, 5 Jan 2013 02:26:37 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Aq8NAG6Zu09FxKsZ/2dsb2JhbABEgXuwewOBGIEIghUBAQU6HDMLGAkTEg8FJTeIDroJi2KBRII8YgOIQoR8h1yFX4g6gViDBw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.75,637,1330923600"; d="scan'208";a="211436032" 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 21:26:36 -0500 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:26:18 -0500 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 21:26:18 -0500 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Resetting USB flash Message-ID: <20130105022618.GB17261@waltdnes.org> References: <201301041632.26752.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <201301041916.53025.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <20130104202738.GB16813@waltdnes.org> <201301042357.02598.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: <201301042357.02598.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: b6a4f075-93be-46d1-b014-a942ca1a307f X-Archives-Hash: 2cda5d82e72d55d08643ddd46b8ef944 On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 11:56:44PM +0000, Mick wrote > On Friday 04 Jan 2013 20:27:38 Walter Dnes wrote: > > > > 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. One last gasp... were you doing this as root? Regular users cannot dd directly to a device, for obvious reasons. -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications