* Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Resetting USB flash
@ 2013-01-04 16:48 99% ` Michael Mol
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From: Michael Mol @ 2013-01-04 16:48 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 11:32 AM, 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?
> --
> Regards,
> Mick
Was it a drive with U3 on it? If so, there are tools you might use,
but I can't remember their name.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U3
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