From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Aug 3 18:01:04 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73D979B229E for ; Mon, 3 Aug 2015 18:01:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from quartz@sneakertech.com) Received: from douhisi.pair.com (douhisi.pair.com [209.68.5.179]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5342416D0 for ; Mon, 3 Aug 2015 18:01:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from quartz@sneakertech.com) Received: from [10.2.2.1] (pool-173-48-121-235.bstnma.fios.verizon.net [173.48.121.235]) by douhisi.pair.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id F40A83F875; Mon, 3 Aug 2015 14:01:01 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <55BFAC5D.5070309@sneakertech.com> Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2015 14:01:01 -0400 From: Quartz MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bernt Hansson CC: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: USB stick and some help with it. References: <55BF6AA0.2030802@bananmonarki.se> In-Reply-To: <55BF6AA0.2030802@bananmonarki.se> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2015 18:01:04 -0000 Can you do a quick sanity check and see if the stick can be wiped on a different machine? Or perhaps the same machine by booting off a live linux cd. Being on old flash drive there's a possibility it's just up and died due to wear and the problem isn't due to FreeBSD at all.