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 CCFBC1382B4 for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2013 16:50:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C618521C0AB; Fri, 4 Jan 2013 16:49:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ob0-f176.google.com (mail-ob0-f176.google.com [209.85.214.176]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AD6A021C0A0 for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2013 16:48:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ob0-f176.google.com with SMTP id un3so14892721obb.21 for ; Fri, 04 Jan 2013 08:48:41 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=8GU3poiALAxbEI/EvUHh+OKEJj2qBsH6ga7sJngQ/N0=; b=uRVt1fhaibdhTpKAewz7e1gRbDHcfI+xbnuSvqkRA2P8HBkqM+5PAxaby9I9B4dC+B n2WP2CaSyokJ1A36rxEFU0H1mybneSOW7LxdsdnKDYpJTPR6WfQvGcREsqtYul7SOSGY ohKVT+4K61p0I/ndU0nIsC8kYu5ltatPaAp/md0Iy5+1eIKZgN4oXrJBaHyzAEzs0I3o hNsQwDKsZBumsOi89yY5ifMn9uQzVQIpkTpj5kvlrdcaHI2tR6tcvsjvwOAQWQYvDx4A 240nF2UwMavHjeIIqsUH+oXJKZqHb/VSSw5H74t169Hprg6o/IMxD3LQmjjgwZTxOZen CQqg== 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 Received: by 10.60.10.133 with SMTP id i5mr29031076oeb.24.1357318121844; Fri, 04 Jan 2013 08:48:41 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.76.20.243 with HTTP; Fri, 4 Jan 2013 08:48:41 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <201301041632.26752.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> References: <201301041632.26752.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 11:48:41 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Resetting USB flash From: Michael Mol To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 4b5b1c80-169d-4686-9488-958e1cebacd5 X-Archives-Hash: 54df562ac9395d2f5c064c623472faec On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Mick 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