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. A CD-RW has more than that, a CD-R only has one. I've murdered FLASH drives by treating them like a hard disk. Remember, changing just one byte eats up that limited lifecycle. It's easy to use them up and not realize it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Principal Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxx - - CDN Systems, Internap, Inc. http://www.internap.com - - - - Memory is the second thing to go, but I can't remember the first! - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
