Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2015 09:25:53 -0400 From: Paul Kraus <paul@kraus-haus.org> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: USB stick and some help with it. Message-ID: <30011532-52BE-4C42-B062-5D1212EBE655@kraus-haus.org> In-Reply-To: <55BF6AA0.2030802@bananmonarki.se> References: <55BF6AA0.2030802@bananmonarki.se>
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On Aug 3, 2015, at 9:20, Bernt Hansson <bah@bananmonarki.se> wrote: > Have an old usbstick that i bought 5-6 years ago it's a datatraveler = 150. >=20 > I used dd to transfer a cd image to it and now i can't "clean" it of = the stick. >=20 > Tried dd if=3D/dev/random of=3D/dev/da1 bs=3D1m count=3D100 but dd = just taunting me with this: >=20 > dd: /dev/da1: Input/output error > 1+0 records in > 0+0 records out > 0 bytes transferred in 65.558710 secs (0 bytes/sec) I ran into this a bit ago with an SSD. Use gpart to add a partition map. gpart add gpt /dev/da1 -- Paul Kraus paul@kraus-haus.org
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