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Arfa Daily wrote:

I guess I'll give the Linux route a try, and if it won't have any of it
then, it will get retired and replaced ... :-(


If you don't have a linux installed machine, find a "live" CD or DVD on
a magazine etc. and run direct off the CD. Most will get you to a root
(console) login with no password. Once there, plug in the device, wait a
few seconds and then type

dmesg

or

cat /var/log/messages

or

cat /var/log/syslog

One (or more) of these will have some bumph about the USB stick at the
end of it.

usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd
usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0c76, idPr
usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,
usb 1-2: Product: Drive 3S_USB20
usb 1-2: Manufacturer: FLASH
usb 1-2: SerialNumber: 002xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

scsi10 : usb-storage 1-2:1.0
scsi 10:0:0:0: Direct-Access FLASH Drive 3S 0 ANSI: 2
sd 10:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg6 type 0
sd 10:0:0:0: [sdf] 15636720 512-byte logical blocks: (8.00 GB/7.45 GiB)
sd 10:0:0:0: [sdf] Write Protect is off ---- **THIS WILL SAY "is on"**
sd 10:0:0:0: [sdf] Assuming drive cache: write through
sdf: sdf1 sdf2
sd 10:0:0:0: [sdf] Attached SCSI removable disk

^^^^^
In my case it shows up as a whole-disk /dev/sdf with two partitions
(sdf1, sdf2), be very sure what /dev/sdXX it turns up as before you go
doing anything to it! /dev/sd(others) are your hard drives.
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