Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2015 09:26:28 -0600 From: jd1008 <jd1008@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB stick and some help with it. Message-ID: <55BF8824.9050803@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <55BF6AA0.2030802@bananmonarki.se> References: <55BF6AA0.2030802@bananmonarki.se>
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I thought that you need to dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rda1 ....etc And be sure it is NOT mounted at all when you run the dd. Note that you must use the raw and not the block device. On 08/03/2015 07:20 AM, Bernt Hansson wrote: > Hello list. > > > Have an old usbstick that i bought 5-6 years ago it's a datatraveler 150. > > I used dd to transfer a cd image to it and now i can't "clean" it of > the stick. > > Tried dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/da1 bs=1m count=100 but dd just > taunting me with this: > > dd: /dev/da1: Input/output error > 1+0 records in > 0+0 records out > 0 bytes transferred in 65.558710 secs (0 bytes/sec) > > After that the led on the stick flashes like it is writing. But i > don't know if it is writing. > > Is it possible to make it pristine again or is it forever lost? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > . >
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