On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 14:47, Robert C Wittig
<wittig.robert@
>> The only way to get rid of that U3 stuff is to use the SanDisk removal
>> utility... it's a special partition that you just can't get rid of, no
>> matter what... here's a link with info:
>>
>> http://stackoverflo
>>
>
> Hmmm... I was unaware of this, when I posted my reply to this thread.
>
> fdisk can't delete this type of partition?
Nope... looking at it as mounted, though, that partiton mounts as an
iso9660 filesystem. I have a feeling that has something to do with it
being mostly immutable...
But I tried removing the entire partition table, deleting partitions
(I don't remember if the U3 partition even shows up in fdisk, to be
honest), tried different partiton table types, banged my head against
the desk a few times...
I had never seen anything like it and then I talked to a friend of
mine who works in storage development who pointed me to the SanDisk
utility. AFAIK, SanDisk is the only company that does it this way...
All the other ones I've ever seen just put their stuff in a
folder/directory on the root filesystem of the USB device... SanDisk
just takes it a step further and somehow embeds a CD ISO onto the
stick...
I'm guessing the SD utility works in the same way as flashing an
EPROM, but I didn't look deep enough to confirm that. I just gave the
stupid thing away and decided to not buy their stuff anymore (usb
sticks at least)...
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