-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Hi :( > > I installed 3.0-beta2 as hard disk install to my brand-new USB stick and > everything was fine, I didn't use beta2, but tried to install beta3 as > hard disk install to the stick. > > The beta3 install seems to be fine up to the boot loader install. It > wasn't possible to install GRUB or LILO. > > Now any access by Linux and Windows isn't possible. > > The different applications for Linux all ends with messages like > "Invalid partion table", "The superblock could not be read", "Bad magic > number in super-block" and some other errors. Windows applications > display "Device media is write-protected". > > No check application seems to be able to help and no tool to format and > partition the stick, seems to be able to get access. > > I googled and found a lot of postings from people with the same trouble, > but not how to solve it. > > I didn't access the stick by Windows before I got the error messages, > it's brand-new and only was in use for one BIOS update and than for the > beta2 install. The beta2 install was booted successfully one time and > after that I tried to install beta3, since then it seems to be broken. > > Any ideas? > - From a terminal: sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/<usbstick device> count=1 bs=512
This will wipe out the partition table and MBR in one fell swoop. You should be now able to repartition and reformat the device. Example sudo cfdisk /dev/<usbstick device> You could use parted, or gparted in place of cfdisk, whatever you are more comfortable with. Make a single partition of type fat32 sudo mkfs.vfat /dev/<usbstick device>1 You should now have a USB stick that is back to normal. Again for what you are trying to do, a hard disk install is probably not the way to go. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmxAdgACgkQwRXgH3rKGfMrsgCeL3eO9UV1JCSgmYr7ID0eU1EE EcUAn3r3qGhb5fu0BZiZSTCCTjBGqQH3 =3EE+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ 64studio-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-users
