Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2015 12:51:09 -0600 From: jd1008 <jd1008@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB stick and some help with it. Message-ID: <55BFB81D.7040004@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <25777.128.135.52.4.1438625477.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> References: <55BF6AA0.2030802@bananmonarki.se> <55BFAC5D.5070309@sneakertech.com> <25777.128.135.52.4.1438625477.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu>
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On 08/03/2015 12:11 PM, Valeri Galtsev wrote: > On Mon, August 3, 2015 1:01 pm, Quartz wrote: >> Can you do a quick sanity check and see if the stick can be wiped on a >> different machine? Or perhaps the same machine by booting off a live >> linux cd. Being on old flash drive there's a possibility it's just up >> and died due to wear and the problem isn't due to FreeBSD at all. >> > Similar thought: Some of older flash drives had mechanical "write > protection" switch... > > Valeri > I had a square flash drive for cameras which indeed did have such a switch. But I do not recall seeing one on usb sticks or thumb drives. Perhaps those were before my time :)
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