On 08/06/2014 09:58 AM, Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote:
Robert Moskowitz <rgm(a)htt-consult.com> writes:
> I suspect that although they are marketed as 16GB, they vary due to
> manufacturing quality by a block or so.
The other thing to consider if it is a bargain bin drive is that the
drive might be a counterfeit with mismarked capacity.
http://www.ebay.com/gds/All-About-Fake-Flash-Drives-2013-/100000001775532...
These are not sold under any name. They are 'blank' packaged.
So I figured that whatever that whatever is 'wrong' with them in perhaps
malware, would get blown away by Linux. I once DID buy a usb drive from
an online store that had a hidden partition with some strange looking
stuff....