-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Klaus, you may try this (AS ROOT!): host# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=1K count=1 This overwrites the first 1024 bytes of the disk, where the Master Boot Record resides. It should be possible to repartition it, so then you may try: host# fdisk /dev/sdb This has to work afaik. Regards, JJK Klaus Pieper wrote: > Hi debian gurus, > > A colleague gave me an usb stick she considers broken since she cannot > access it with windoze any more. > > With debian I get > > usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning > Vendor: Generic Model: USB Flash Disk Rev: 7.78 > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > Attached scsi removable disk sdb at scsi11, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 > Attached scsi generic sg1 at scsi11, channel 0, id 0, lun 0, type 0 > usb-storage: device scan complete > > groucho64:~# fdisk /dev/sdb > > Unable to open /dev/sdb > > fdisk -l only shows my harddisks. > > > I have another stick which works, so it's not an issue with my setup. > > Is there any chance to use the thing again? She does not need the data. > > Thanks, > Klaus > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFD0RNkK1iQW+ntSt8RAhqIAKCzd1otuk+WgInafFE20RPEMhZ4WwCfaTcz D2CXsKh4sPw7bCXx3DaQHkA= =1tWx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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