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Know your drive
sudo fdisk -l
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Flash it.
sudo dd bs=4M if=/path/to/endeavouros-x86_64.iso of=/dev/sdX status=progress && sync
How to format USB to Correct way. (Or How to turn it to normal)
- run
df
orsudo fdisk -l
orlsblk -l
to list devices - know your device
unmount it
sudo umount /dev/sdc1
- format it
sudo wipefs --all /dev/sdc
- now partition it properly with
sudo cfdisk /dev/sdc
[select msdos for usbs` and create partion as default if not found vfat option in type leave it as linux 83] - then write filesystem and mount it
sudo mkfs.vfat -n 'MYUSB' -I /dev/sdc1
sudo mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sdc1
[The first command will wipe entire data and restore every sector to zero and original so this process is also helpful when formating bootable usbs to normal usbs]
if nothing work to return your pendrive to normal there is one last thing you can do.
- Open Terminal, make sure device is unmounted and run this command
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc
(No need to add number)- IT CAN TAKE MUCH TIME so wait for atleast 5 minute
- and then every thing is successful and message shows there is no space left in device then consider its normal
- now you can use above methods to create partition table and format it to vfat. Thanks to this video It helped me to figure out. https://youtu.be/V6m5ZPGIbcI
Usb Errors
Known Errors
- Wrong fst type or badSuper block
wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
Solution: This will wope out the drive!
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdc1
fdisk -l
If you can see your drive thats good.fsck /dev/sdc1 -y
repairing superblock
- Initramfs prompt at startup / Bad Superblock due to power loss
After a reboot, the boot process drops to the BusyBox shell and I end up at the Initramfs prompt:
BusyBox v1.18.5 (Ubuntu 1:1.18.5-1ubuntu4) built-in shell (ash) Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands. (initramfs)
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Firstly, boot into a live CD or USB
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Find out your partition number by using
sudo fdisk -l|grep Linux|grep -Ev 'swap'
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Then, list all superblocks by using the command:
sudo dumpe2fs /dev/sda2 | grep superblock
Replace “sda2” to your drive number -
Now, to check and repair a Linux file system using alternate superblock # 32768:
sudo fsck -b 32768 /dev/sda2 -y
The -y flag is used to skip all the Fix? questions and to answer them all with a yes automatically -
Now try mounting the partition:
sudo mount /dev/sda2 /mnt
Now, try to see if device is doing read and write correctly:cd /mnt mkdir test ls -l cp file /path/to/safe/location
If you are able to perform the above commands, you have most probably fixed your error. -
Now, restart you computer and you should be able to boot normally.