Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2015 15:07:46 +0200 From: Thomas AUREL <thms.aurel@gmail.com> To: jd1008 <jd1008@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB stick and some help with it. Message-ID: <55C0B922.5080707@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <55BF8824.9050803@gmail.com> References: <55BF6AA0.2030802@bananmonarki.se> <55BF8824.9050803@gmail.com>
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On 08/03/2015 05:26 PM, jd1008 wrote: > 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" >> . >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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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