Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2015 09:18:03 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: jd1008 <jd1008@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB stick and some help with it. Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1508040914110.51177@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <55BF8824.9050803@gmail.com> References: <55BF6AA0.2030802@bananmonarki.se> <55BF8824.9050803@gmail.com>
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On Mon, 3 Aug 2015, jd1008 wrote: > I thought that you need to > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rda1 ....etc As far as I know, FreeBSD does not have "rda" devices. Using dd(1) to erase flash devices is generally not a good idea. It causes unnecessary wear to them and messes with TRIM. > And be sure it is NOT mounted at all when you run the dd. Right, that will just cause an error. > Note that you must use the raw and not the block device. On which version of FreeBSD are you finding these raw devices?
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