I tried 'wipe' on it last night. But got the same error message:
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb
[sudo] password for michael:
dd: failed to open '/dev/sdb': Read-only file system

On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 12:03 AM Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> There is one thing you can try before absolutely tossing it. Run dd as
> root with the following code: sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb
> And let her run. That should erase everything on that stick, including
> partition info, boot sector and the like.
>
> If there is a problem, dd will very quickly quit with an error.
>
> -Eric
> From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Hardware dispositions
> Dept.
>
>
> On Jan 16, 2023, at 7:23 PM, Michael via PLUG-discuss <
> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
> yeah. I think all is loast. I finally got around to looking at the gparted
> report:
>
> ========================================
> Device: /dev/sdd
> Model: SanDisk Ultra
> Serial:
> Sector size: 512
> Total sectors: 60063744
>
> Heads: 255
> Sectors/track: 2
> Cylinders: 117772
>
> Partition table: none
>
> PartitionTypeStartEndFlagsPartition NameFile SystemLabelMount Point
> /dev/sdd Unpartitioned 0 60063743 iso9660 Kali Live
>
> ========================================
> *Format /dev/sdd as ext4*  00:00:17    ( ERROR )
>
> calibrate /dev/sdd  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
>
>
>
>
> *path: /dev/sdd (device)start: 0end: 60063743size: 60063744 (28.64 GiB)*
> clear old file system signatures in /dev/sdd  00:00:17    ( ERROR )
>
> write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 0  00:00:17    ( ERROR )
>
> libparted messages    ( ERROR )
>
> *Unable to open /dev/sdd read-write (Read-only file system). /dev/sdd has
> been opened read-only.*
> *Can't write to /dev/sdd, because it is opened read-only.*
> *Can't write to /dev/sdd, because it is opened read-only.*
>
> On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 7:55 PM Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> any advice before I toss it? I suppose I could buy a chain and wear it
>> around my neck!
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 7:53 PM Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> lovely, my 32gb ultra is toast. I started gparted to see if I could
>>> format it and the square showing the partitions and usage is gray (as
>>> well as the file system icon).
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 7:16 PM Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss <
>>> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss said on Mon, 16 Jan 2023 16:38:57 -0700
>>>>
>>>> >For most things, I use USB sticks in
>>>> >a write once, read many configuration scenario.
>>>>
>>>> Another thing I've found anecdotally that helps lengthen the USB stick
>>>> life, whether write once or write a bunch, is to format it as Ext4. I
>>>> don't think I ever had one go bad as Ext4, but I have with the windows
>>>> format they're shipped with. Of course, if you have to interact with
>>>> windows computers or devices expecting windows formated USB sticks, my
>>>> trick becomes useless.
>>>>
>>>> SteveT
>>>>
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