On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 1:05 PM Rusty Carruth via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > are you running that command while booted on the stick you are trying to > erase? > > Of course not. Always unmount the device. I threw it away before I got this message so.... But the other drive.... look at the other thread. > While that SHOULD work, you are writing over the device you are booted > on, not usually considered best practice ;-) And this > 'read-only-filesystem' message is interesting to me, I'd love to have > that stick to play with just to see, but it probably isn't worth it. > > > Anyway: > > > I've wanted to come back and say that from what I've seen before the > whole 'drive is toast' path was that the partition you have been trying > to make on the stick appears to have been correctly created and > formatted. This implies you just need to start at that step in the how-to. > > But if you are convinced the stick is dead, the cost of time dealing > with it is more than the cost of a new stick, go get a new stick and > start over. > > On 1/17/23 06:52, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > 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 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 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. 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