How to clear a flash drive of Xubuntu? [SOLVED]
Posted: Sat 16 May 2020, 16:46
OK, you all...
I dug it back out of the waste paper basket.
And, ...
I dug it back out of the waste paper basket.
And, ...
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dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX bs=1M
I wondered about that when I saw that it appeared to be only clearing a portion of the drive. Setting any file back to zero is old fashsion legacy theory which apparently still applies to modern files.Re-creating the partition table is necessary after using dd for this one, because it sets every single memory 'cell' in the flash memory to the same '0' value.
Hi Mike. This method is probably easiest, but for the last five or so years I've had no problem with gparted (Right click; "delete") to wipe a 4G sandisc cruzer formatted ISO 9660 and then "create Partition Table" from the menu. The stick is still going strong.Mike Walsh wrote:Every time I've had this happen - you'd be amazed at the number of distros that seem to use this setup for flash-drive installs - the only solution is to wipe the entire drive withCode: Select all
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX bs=1M
To make partitions.An ISO 9660 file system is a standard CD-ROM file system that allows you to read the same CD-ROM whether you're on a PC, Mac, or other major computer platform.