On Friday 04 Jan 2013 22:31:53 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Fri, 4 Jan 2013 16:32:14 +0000 > > Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I was trying to zero out a USB stick and at some point it seems to > > have locked itself up. By that I mean that for all intends and > > purposes I cannot write to it in any conceivable way. > > > > I tried to delete /dev/sdb1 with c/fdisk, the dd zeros > > into /dev/sdb1, /dev/sdb and also the first 512B to delete the > > partition table, but nothing seems to work. > > > > /dev/sdb1 is still there no matter how I try to > > delete/format/overwrite it. > > > > Is there a way of resetting whatever needs resetting in the USB flash > > chip to make it work again? > > USB sticks don't last long. When they do that, they are nuked. > > They cost about as much as a packet of smokes. Chuck it in the bin, buy > a new one, move on. It's not worth the time to even attempt to fix it.
Yep, you're right. I have come to the conclusion that it is terminal. Out of sheer good luck I ran a backup just a day before it croaked! :-) -- Regards, Mick
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