Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2015 08:18:39 +0000 From: "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6724@bellsouth.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB stick and some help with it. [SOLVED] The usb stick is in the trash now. Message-ID: <64978.96856.bm@smtp119.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <55BF6AA0.2030802@bananmonarki.se> <55C0084B.4000209@bananmonarki.se> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1508040929270.51177@wonkity.com>
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from Warren Block: > Okay. Just to review: > When having trouble writing to a USB stick on FreeBSD, the first thing to > suspect is old partition metadata. That can be removed with 'gpart destroy'. > After that, suspect USB quirks and then hardware problems, in that order. > Very little besides gpart(8) and dd(1) should be needed. Maybe usbconfig(8) > for USB quirks. > I have not found a Linux utility similar to gpart in capability and ease of > use. Some Linux utilities can be useful, but don't reach for them until you > have tried what is available in FreeBSD. And please be careful about applying > Linux remedies in FreeBSD, because they are not identical systems. rodsbooks.com/gdisk I like Rod Smith's gdisk for GPT partitioning, more versatile in creating different partition types: can run on modern MS-Windows, Mac, Linux, and is in FreeBSD ports. I wouldn't give up on a USB stick, unless it's physically broken as happened to me once, until trying it with Linux, one useful version being System Rescue CD (sysresccd.org). I've had USB sticks, including a discontinued Kingston Data Traveler model, that were not readable/writable on NetBSD until a fix, then became not readable/writable on FreeBSD. These USB sticks are OK with Linux (System Rescue CD), and you can even install and boot FreeDOS on one of these USB sticks. Tom
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