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   douglasawh An old group

   gparted (as root) will not wipe FAT32 off my microSD card. have tried multiple computers (and phones). What should I do? toss the card?

   about a year ago from 280.status.net at Concord, New Hampshire, United States
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     lnxwalt (lnxwalt280)

     @douglasawh That's bizarre. I suppose you could drop to the commandline and try fdisk.

     about a year ago
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     douglasawh lnxwalt (lnxwalt280)

     fdisk appears to have done it after some googling. gracias!

     about a year ago
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     douglasawh lnxwalt (lnxwalt280)

     looks like I spoke too soon. I can't take a screenshot of the Android bizarreness because screenshots have to go to the unavailable SD card.

     about a year ago
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     douglasawh lnxwalt (lnxwalt280)

     ...and I reboot and all the old, supposedly wiped stuff is back.

     about a year ago
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     douglasawh lnxwalt (lnxwalt280)

     I am going to try to write zeros to it using dd. 1GB is not enough space on my SD with the limited amount of onboard. I…

     about a year ago