Date: Sat, 02 May 2015 09:37:53 -0600 From: jd1008 <jd1008@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to restore a USB drive converted to bootable Message-ID: <5544EF51.5070506@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <44wq0r2e22.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> References: <5543FAA3.7050907@hiwaay.net> <441tiz3wrx.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> <5544DBA2.1030102@hiwaay.net> <44wq0r2e22.fsf@lowell-desk.lan>
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On 05/02/2015 09:29 AM, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> writes: > >> On 05/02/15 09:06, Lowell Gilbert wrote: >>> "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> writes: >>> >>>> I am about to do some OS installs (NetBSD & OpenBSD, as it happens) on >>>> boxen under construction. I would also like to use UBCD on a flash >>>> drive to memcheck those boxen prior to installation. If I prep a USB >>>> thumb drive as either a bootable UBCD drive or an over-the-WWW >>>> installer, I wipe out the drive for its original use. Is there a way >>>> to restore the drive back to its original functionality if I wanted to >>> Is "wipe the drive and reformat" what you need to hear, or do you have >>> more requirements that you haven't made clear? >>> >> >> Wipe & reformat, preferably from CLI under FBSD 9.3R-p13 for >> convenience, is what I'm after. Clearly creating a bootable UBCD or >> installer will wipe out whatever was >> there before, so I just want to get back to 'virgin' USB drive. >> All you do (as root) is dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/whatever-your-usb-flash-drive's-name-is bs=1M
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