From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Aug 3 23:39:21 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4D1E9B2CD6 for ; Mon, 3 Aug 2015 23:39:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jd1008@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-x236.google.com (mail-io0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::236]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6F40613A4 for ; Mon, 3 Aug 2015 23:39:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jd1008@gmail.com) Received: by ioea135 with SMTP id a135so961608ioe.1 for ; Mon, 03 Aug 2015 16:39:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=JgudzTSno+Hb3cRP/4k9b5ShL6kWq5ZSkF9zklyRwcU=; b=fZNFn+TU+p2tn5udI770J6vrex4ek/OeSaKigljGWX1VgJAdxS1FRpnp9qk8tpWXYj C1bFiWchiYo/h2uoKAM3grEJP16a9pewEGIl+g6G1FjGAqteMfm8wrR7mzBoiUXtbOW7 v06RaCyXSJXKrpcE3fy66LpeGC5kqt6Y+vuaWVQic5YQMDnwbTZ56+Y1fv0T7YNPCjZo rHdDbQLipNqMldE/s+2uHusEDI3j5vnViHwRTvUKWOdR5Ya1D+xO6TaLfE//SYUYFTo0 qZqoKzUoEWK+nJc76RBg6fHltHcu1zY4uvaXFAa43XJbI4eV1akXnflJxTMt+gj/H1yN Mp3w== X-Received: by 10.107.47.197 with SMTP id v66mr616355iov.30.1438645160913; Mon, 03 Aug 2015 16:39:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([50.243.6.59]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id i123sm91031ioi.13.2015.08.03.16.39.19 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 03 Aug 2015 16:39:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <55BFFBB1.1090808@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2015 17:39:29 -0600 From: jd1008 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB stick and some help with it. References: <55BF6AA0.2030802@bananmonarki.se> <55BFAC5D.5070309@sneakertech.com> <55BFB064.60507@gmail.com> <55BFF081.5050703@bananmonarki.se> In-Reply-To: <55BFF081.5050703@bananmonarki.se> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2015 23:39:21 -0000 On 08/03/2015 04:51 PM, 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. OK, then here is the link to the CD version of the live Linux: http://ftp.vim.org/knoppix/knoppix-dvd/CD/DVD/KNOPPIX_V7.4.2DVD-2014-09-28-EN.iso and the checksums: http://ftp.vim.org/knoppix/knoppix-dvd/CD/DVD/KNOPPIX_V7.4.2DVD-2014-09-28-EN.iso.md5 http://ftp.vim.org/knoppix/knoppix-dvd/CD/DVD/KNOPPIX_V7.4.2DVD-2014-09-28-EN.iso.sha1 >> then you run >> su - >> >> then you insert the usb stick. >> Assuming there is only one HD in the machine, the stick will be >> named /dev/sdb If more than one HD in the machine, say 4 HD (sda, >> sdb, sdc, sdd), then >> the stick will be sde. >> >> Run >> >> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd? bs=1M >> where ? is b or c or d ...etc depending on how many HD's you have in >> the system. >> You do not need to specify the count, because dd will stop when the >> stick is full of >> zeros. >> >> Once done, unplug the stick, and reinsert it. >> >> then run the command fdisk /dev/sd? (? as explained above) >> >> create 1 partition. >> set it's type to whatever you want. I usually use the letter c as the >> type >> to mean fat lba. >> >> To finish, type the command w to the fdisk session >> and you are done. >> >> Now type fdisk -l /dev/sd? >> >> and you will see the drive has 1 partition. >> >> now create a filesystem on your drive: >> >> mkfs -t vfat /dev/sd?1 (again ? as explained above). >> >> type the command >> reboot >> and the dvd drive will get ejected. >> press the return key to boot into your normal HD. >> >> >> The stick is now useable and mountable. >> > _______________________________________________ > 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" >