On Sun, 2009-04-26 at 14:28 -0700, Mike Cloaked wrote: > > > Aaron Konstam wrote: > > > > A question which appeared on fedora-list recently was how to remove U#W > > from a USB drive. I did not see a resolution until the following web > > link: > > > > http://www.u3.com/uninstall > > > > > > I tried to find the answer to this some time ago also - the link you refer > to does provide a solution to removing the u3 stuff but not for linux as far > as I know - I never did find if there was a way to remove it in linux even > using the reformatting tools like parted and equivalents - the hidden > partition seems particularly stubborn against decontamination attempts in > linux! > > I only ever bought a single u3 drive and in the end resorted to using a > windows machine and the software you referred to in order to clean up the > drive. After that it worked fine as a normal usb key. > > If you do find a linux removal solution I would be interested to hear about > it.... You are right the above referenced procedure is a Windows solution. In a discussion about this yesterday some on suggested dd to wipe out the stick and then reformatting it. I don't know if this will work. -- ======================================================================= He asked me if I knew what time it was -- I said yes, but not right now. -- Steven Wright ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
