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.
yeah. I think all is loast. I finally got around to looking at the gparted report:
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| Device: | /dev/sdd |
|---|
| Model: | SanDisk Ultra |
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| Serial: | |
|---|
| Sector size: | 512 |
|---|
| Total sectors: | 60063744 |
|---|
| |
| Heads: | 255 |
|---|
| Sectors/track: | 2 |
|---|
| Cylinders: | 117772 |
|---|
| |
| Partition table: | none |
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| |
| Partition | Type | Start | End | Flags | Partition Name | File System | Label | Mount Point |
|---|
| /dev/sdd | Unpartitioned | 0 | 60063743 | | | iso9660 | Kali Live | |
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| Format /dev/sdd as ext4 00:00:17 ( ERROR ) |
| | | calibrate /dev/sdd 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) | | | path: /dev/sdd (device)
start: 0
end: 60063743
size: 60063744 (28.64 GiB) |
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| 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. |
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any advice before I toss it? I suppose I could buy a chain and wear it around my neck!
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).
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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