> For what it's worth, I have run ``mkfs -t vfat'' on a memory stick once, > after it had accumulated some weird and (as far as I recall) undeletable > files (due to a sequence of events involving unplugging without dismounting, > Windows or Macintosh system freezes, and other things). The stick has > been working normally ever since; I use it almost every day. > However, given the multitude of USB flash drive like devices, I would > not be surprised if this didn't work on other models.
Is the consensus that I need to reformat the stick then? I'm a bit nervous about this because of the "paperweight" rumours, also this seems like a strange solution as the stick works fine with Windows, also it worked on my colleague's RedHat machine. It is a fairly standard USB memory stick as far as I can see... --cjc
