Robert wrote: > > Robert Nichols wrote: >> Robert wrote: >>> Robert Nichols wrote: >>>> The first thing I do with every USB flash drive I buy is figure >>>> out a geometry that uses all of the sectors reported by fdisk >>>> (I have a shell script that does that in a pretty much brute force >>>> way.) and then repartition and re-format the drive using that >>>> geometry. I've never experienced any problem with that. >>>> >>>> >>> That's interesting. Would you consider sharing your script? >> Sure. I'll try it as a small attachment here. It that doesn't >> work, and I suspect it won't, I'll have to find some spot where >> I can upload it. I don't have anything like that set up just now. > > I'll try it later but I can see none of the usual damage (truncated > and/or wrapped lines or dropped spl chars). > Thanks! It's OK. When I save the received attachment and diff it against the original, it's an exact match -- not even any whitespace changes. -- Bob Nichols "NOSPAM" is really part of my email address. Do NOT delete it.