Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2015 09:20:48 -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.2.20.1508040918500.51177@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <55BF964B.7080400@gmail.com> References: <55BF6AA0.2030802@bananmonarki.se> <55BF8824.9050803@gmail.com> <55BF8D65.6010404@bananmonarki.se> <55BF9024.6000409@gmail.com> <55BF9522.3@bananmonarki.se> <55BF964B.7080400@gmail.com>
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On Mon, 3 Aug 2015, jd1008 wrote: > On 08/03/2015 10:21 AM, Bernt Hansson wrote: >> On 2015-08-03 18:00, jd1008 wrote: >>> Are you invoking the command as root or regular user? >> >> As root. > If your installation cannot write to the raw device, then > it is either a bug or .....???? > > One thing that you have to be aware of is that if you > dd an iso image to a flash, then afterwards, the OS > will always assume it is a non-writable cdrom; that > is until you dd /dev/zero into the raw device while > it is not mounted. I have not ever had that experience. Of course, on FreeBSD we do not use the same images for USB memory sticks and CDs.
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