On Friday 04 Jan 2013 16:48:41 Michael Mol wrote: > On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I was trying to zero out a USB stick and at some point it seems to have > > locked itself up. By that I mean that for all intends and purposes I > > cannot write to it in any conceivable way. > > > > I tried to delete /dev/sdb1 with c/fdisk, the dd zeros into /dev/sdb1, > > /dev/sdb and also the first 512B to delete the partition table, but > > nothing seems to work. > > > > /dev/sdb1 is still there no matter how I try to delete/format/overwrite > > it. > > > > Is there a way of resetting whatever needs resetting in the USB flash > > chip to make it work again? > > -- > > Regards, > > Mick > > Was it a drive with U3 on it? If so, there are tools you might use, > but I can't remember their name. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U3
No, it's a normal USB flash stick:
Bus 002 Device 006: ID 1307:0163 Transcend Information, Inc. 256MB/512MB/1GB
Flash Drive
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x1307 Transcend Information, Inc.
idProduct 0x0163 256MB/512MB/1GB Flash Drive
bcdDevice 1.00
iManufacturer 1 USBest Technology
iProduct 2 USB Mass Storage Device
iSerial 3 08032204c2f5fd
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
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bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 39
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0x80
(Bus Powered)
MaxPower 80mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 3
bInterfaceClass 8 Mass Storage
bInterfaceSubClass 6 SCSI
bInterfaceProtocol 80 Bulk-Only
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x01 EP 1 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 1
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x82 EP 2 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 1
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x83 EP 3 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 8
Device Qualifier (for other device speed):
bLength 10
bDescriptorType 6
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
bNumConfigurations 1
Device Status: 0x000a
(Bus Powered)
Remote Wakeup Enabled
Is there some cryptic hdparm command I could run on it to reset it? I mean,
it's bricked as is anyway, so it can't get *much* worse.
--
Regards,
Mick
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