reformat a USB with cd image

[Aaron Konstam]

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.
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