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 7894F1382B8 for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2013 18:45:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 71BA221C080; Fri, 4 Jan 2013 18:45:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 456B0E0603 for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2013 18:44:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 580C733C34C for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2013 18:44:09 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.442 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.442 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-1.430, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id gOQppeMx8CrU for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2013 18:44:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 89EC033D948 for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2013 18:44:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TrCFa-0001OZ-4g for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:44:14 +0100 Received: from rrcs-71-40-157-251.se.biz.rr.com ([71.40.157.251]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:44:14 +0100 Received: from wireless by rrcs-71-40-157-251.se.biz.rr.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:44:14 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: James Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Resetting USB flash Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 18:43:48 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <201301041632.26752.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <201301041718.38230.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-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 71.40.157.251 (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/17.0 SeaMonkey/2.14.1) X-Archives-Salt: 780142c7-ac2f-44f7-9fc2-9c4774d78417 X-Archives-Hash: 375a13f3148dc83eec82e88cb46f03f2 Mick gmail.com> writes: > 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. Try putting it on a windows system and delete what you can. Then try various tools to mount or reformat the usb stick. I've had a few and I just had to hack at them for a while. It helps if you can remember/determine, how the drive was set up. Fat? Fat32? NTFS? ext3? then test with appropriate tools parted may work, or tell you something about the stick. hth, James