Hi Caryl, > In my experiments trying to create usable SoaS sticks, I have had a few > flops. Unfortunately these USB sticks now have a severe "identity crisis." > They believe they are actually CDs. You can't write to them. You can't > rename them (at least not in a way a mere mortal like me knows how to do). > Do I have to just junk them (like throwing away money... not good). Or, is > there an easy way to reformat them and start all over? Maybe even a hard > way?
No need to throw them away. They will be recoverable one way or another. This sort of thing happens when you happen to write an ISO to the key. On a device running a linux GUI (say gnome) plug in the device and then run 'dmesg' from the command prompt to see what device its assigned. If it automounts the 'CD' you'll need to unmount it (but don't eject it). Once you know the device name run 'gparted /dev/sdd' (replacing sdd with what ever the device name is). Make sure the right device is showing in the drop down box in the top right hand corner. >From the Device menu select the option to "Create Partition Table". By default this will create a msdos partition table. IT WILL DELETE EVERYTHING ON THE DISK, so make sure you have the right one selected. Once that is complete you can create a new vfat partition and format it (gparted can do all that) and even label it. >From there you should be back to a normal usb key. Let me know how you get on. Cheers, Peter _______________________________________________ SoaS mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas
