On 05/01/2015 01:57 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Fri, 01 May 2015 11:09:17 -0600 > jd1008 wrote: > >> I was not even able to make use of the flash stick as an ordinary >> partitionable device. > That's when you dd /dev/zero over the top of it and start from scratch :-). Use gparted to look at it.