Long story made short: Used dd to write a Linux ISO (Siduction) to a 16GB USB Thumb Drive. Worked fine. Took awhile, but...
I issued the following command: sudo dd if="/home/paul/Downloads/siduction-21.3.0-wintersky-kde-amd64-202112231751.iso" of="/dev/sdb" status="progress" conv="fsync"
When the task was completed, I removed the USB thumb drive. Reinserting it resulted in...Nothing. The Device Notifier didn't pop-up. Tried both USB ports. Nada. Looked at dmesg. No entry plugging in or unplugging the device. 16GB USB Thumb Drive: "It's dead Jim!"
Now, I can't say that dd "destroyed" my "disk" (dd='disk destroyer'), but it certainly is coincidental!
Tried the thumb drive in my iMac. Still wasn't seen. Totally dead.
Just ordered ten 32GB Thumb Drives (PNY) from Amazon for $27.00! I don't remember how much I paid for the 16GB, but I'll bet it was more than that!
I issued the following command: sudo dd if="/home/paul/Downloads/siduction-21.3.0-wintersky-kde-amd64-202112231751.iso" of="/dev/sdb" status="progress" conv="fsync"
When the task was completed, I removed the USB thumb drive. Reinserting it resulted in...Nothing. The Device Notifier didn't pop-up. Tried both USB ports. Nada. Looked at dmesg. No entry plugging in or unplugging the device. 16GB USB Thumb Drive: "It's dead Jim!"
Now, I can't say that dd "destroyed" my "disk" (dd='disk destroyer'), but it certainly is coincidental!
Tried the thumb drive in my iMac. Still wasn't seen. Totally dead.
Just ordered ten 32GB Thumb Drives (PNY) from Amazon for $27.00! I don't remember how much I paid for the 16GB, but I'll bet it was more than that!
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