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On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 05:29:04 +0100, Martin S wrote: |
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> > I would bet a write-protect switch got flipped. Otherwise, yes, i |
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> > think you have to replace it. I can't imagine how the other guy could |
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> > have damaged it from your description of the events though. |
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> Neither can I actually. |
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> But I've tried it with Windows as well now - same sh**. Can't format it |
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> either. |
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If you mount it with the sync option, later kernels will destroy it |
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fairly quickly (there was a thread on this a few months back). It is |
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possible that the FAT was about to die when you lent the stick out and |
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the failure when Windows was let loose at it is purely a coincidence. |
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I had a stick fail like this and even 'cfdisk -z', which ignores any |
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existing partition table, couldn't handle it. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some |
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people have mediocrity thrust upon them. - Joseph Heller, "Catch-22" |
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