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 CB9541382B5 for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2013 17:34:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EA0B821C0E0; Fri, 4 Jan 2013 17:34:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vc0-f173.google.com (mail-vc0-f173.google.com [209.85.220.173]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C1C1521C0DF for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2013 17:32:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vc0-f173.google.com with SMTP id f13so16691506vcb.4 for ; Fri, 04 Jan 2013 09:32:34 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=NcxGzpHdbU0h9xO4JWf1aSTvkfkjf7hfnPtFk2MkyFo=; b=qNTplPAG8AAf5HuDNoJG5XX0HU2KK62/IeIgvYrKFUrMy/44OvVUJHIfx70Pvug9CF xtTYda9nNfBzLGthEbX3TmGmnEhYzpLO7Gb/plkN4z7K2rnOXJMRcnVO2gmsps05Aqgo E9+qywe5V5gCxl3ICQrD7Ifz8KYPsC44Ff0UlP1E9ONcaH1nKXO05VcQjLd4fFIX+WFr mtU8Py7TcPvPF3nad/ut3Lbxyzfne1zpDqKrL6l2jd212vybqD9dkTBoKl9AG8QC8gU9 gQkRFykSGC1p0GbaSsSzpvm8P8pmPJvwCubE1uQeqyU3ga08paJ94yoZNZXO5nqdealS Imlw== Received: by 10.52.97.7 with SMTP id dw7mr67549480vdb.38.1357320754903; Fri, 04 Jan 2013 09:32:34 -0800 (PST) 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 Sender: paul.hartman@gmail.com Received: by 10.58.217.195 with HTTP; Fri, 4 Jan 2013 09:32:14 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <201301041718.38230.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> References: <201301041632.26752.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <201301041718.38230.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> From: Paul Hartman Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 11:32:14 -0600 X-Google-Sender-Auth: CWXna_lqkcIuq8osG_RIUVnogf4 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Resetting USB flash To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: 0eaeccf7-816b-4677-9ca2-ad29bc753c8c X-Archives-Hash: d84436cefa852405b06e61c3a791b318 On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Mick wrote: > Is there some cryptic hdparm command I could run on it to reset it? I mean, > it's bricked as is anyway, so it can't get *much* worse. "hdparm -z /dev/sdX" will force kernel to re-read the partition table, which should be the same that happens when you plug it in, but maybe it'll help... I had a SD card that I had to issue that command every time I plugged it in, the first read always failed. Otherwise, Transcend have a recovery utility (for Windows) that claims it can recover some dead flash drives. Might be worth a try if you have access to Windows box or a virtual machine: http://www.transcend-info.com/Products/online_recovery_2.asp Good luck.