From: Michael Mol <mikemol@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Resetting USB flash
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 11:48:41 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+czFiDQf9c2pQDVmBewCvwjhrEKoQNbjDhUC+KvYWd-908c8A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201301041632.26752.michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
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
--
:wq
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-01-04 16:50 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 [this message]
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 ` [gentoo-user] " Alan McKinnon
2013-01-04 23:59 ` Mick
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