[SOLVED] Trouble with new USB

[gold_finger]

Alex,

Sorry -- forgot the "sudo".  Duh!  (I'll go back and edit last post to correct it.)

Also forgot to warn you that "dd" will not display any kind of feedback until it's done.  I haven't used it to wipe a USB in a while, so was just guessing at amount of time it would take.

Am running a test for myself on an old, crappy, dead 2GB USB stick to see how long it takes.  Will report back with results.

P.s.  You may want to hold off throwing it away until I post back -- good chance it just had not completed yet.  Not sure why it froze the computer though.