Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2015 01:08:40 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Bernt Hansson <bah@bananmonarki.se> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB stick and some help with it. Message-ID: <20150804010840.3f2d5fe7.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <55BFF081.5050703@bananmonarki.se> References: <55BF6AA0.2030802@bananmonarki.se> <55BFAC5D.5070309@sneakertech.com> <55BFB064.60507@gmail.com> <55BFF081.5050703@bananmonarki.se>
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On Tue, 04 Aug 2015 00:51:45 +0200, Bernt Hansson wrote: > > > On 2015-08-03 20:18, jd1008 wrote: > > > > On 08/03/2015 12:01 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. > > I second Quartz's suggestion. > > Just download a live linux cd, such as: > > http://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/knoppix-dvd/KNOPPIX_V7.4.1DVD-2014-09-15-EN.iso > > > > along with checksum files: > > http://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/knoppix-dvd/KNOPPIX_V7.4.1DVD-2014-09-15-EN.iso.md5 > > > > http://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/knoppix-dvd/KNOPPIX_V7.4.1DVD-2014-09-15-EN.iso.sha1 > > > > > > Once you burn it to dvd, boot it, and use the gui to launch a terminal > > (icon for it is at bottom left bar). > > > My burner can no longer burn dvds only plain cds. In this case, might I suggest trying UBCD? As the name suggests, it's a CD, and it also has Linux partitioning tools. You can find the download here: http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/download.html It is a _very_ handy tool for diagnostics and repair. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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