On 4/12/2013 11:23 AM, Ray Rashif wrote: > Before you do that, did you try using the tool mentioned in the Ubuntu > thread to remove unwanted firmware partitions, if any? If not, you may > want to format the entire thing with an HP legacy formatting tool.¹ > I've used it successfully in the past to reclaim full functionality > from such stubborn vendor-locked storage devices that won't let you > manipulate them with standard tools. Worth a try, I say. ¹ > http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/HP-USB-Disk-Storage-Format-Tool.shtml > -- GPG/PGP ID: C0711BF1 I hadn't.
The frustration on that thread is pretty intense, and apparently for good reason. The tool ran, looked for all the world like it had done something, but then when I got back to the Arch Linux wiki entry, I got the same error. Gee, this is frustrating. Is this the new thing, now, that you can't use thumb drives--apparently any thumb drives--to boot a system?
