On Fri, 2007-09-14 at 15:36 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Fri, 2007-09-14 at 09:54 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-09-14 at 16:12 +1000, Lux Zhang wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have a USB with a livecd image written on it (using dd if livecd.iso > > > of /dev/sdc ). How to revert it to FAT or other file system? > > > > Run fdisk on it to create partitions of the appropriate type, then > > "mkfs -t whatever" to create the filesystems. In other words, treat > > it like any other hard drive. > > > > NOTE: You only have a limited number of write cycles on a FLASH memory. > > Use them wisely! > 500,000 I was told today. That is 499,999 more than a CD-RW. ---- I don't think so... perhaps if you had said CD-R, I would have agreed with you but a CD-RW has a lot more write cycles than 1 -- Craig White <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
