Other ISO 9660 CD-ROM filesystem on USB stick

[balanga]

I have a USB stick which has an ISO 9660 CD-ROM filesystem according to file -s /dev/da0.

After gpart destroy -F da0 and gpart create -s GPT da0 there are no partitions but file -s /dev/da0 continues to report the same.

Where does this information come from?

 

[Phishfry]

Do what?
Destroy then create and you wonder why file -s shows structure?

How about create then destroy and do file -s

/dev will not show empty schemes only partitions.

 

[Phishfry]

I should clarify. /dev won't show empty disk schemes but labels can be involved if you use them and they reside in /dev too.

I always disable them by default. When debugging they can really disrupt.
kern.geom.label.ufs.enable=0
kern.geom.label.ufsid.enable=0
kern.geom.label.gptid.enable=0
kern.geom.label.gpt.enable=0

 

[SirDice]

Where does this information come from?

Magic number (programming) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Phishfry]

SirDice must be a mind reader because nowhere in the post did he mention "How is the UUID generated.".