I needed another uSD for an Odroid used in a case where I don't care about the speed of the disk. In a department store i noticed a new packaging style Sandisk for only $8. It was the older, slower device, making me figure that they were targeting another niche to use up the older stock. Don't know really - but I thought I'd give it a shot.
When I tried to "dd" the image over to the new device, it complained that the device was "out of space". I unplugged it, plugged it back into the board, and retried the copy. No dice. Did this a couple more times, thinking I had a bad device.
So, on a whim I put it into my camera and let the camera format the disk. Then, I put it back on my FreeBSD machine, and tried to "dd" the image over to it. At that point, success!
When I tried to "dd" the image over to the new device, it complained that the device was "out of space". I unplugged it, plugged it back into the board, and retried the copy. No dice. Did this a couple more times, thinking I had a bad device.
So, on a whim I put it into my camera and let the camera format the disk. Then, I put it back on my FreeBSD machine, and tried to "dd" the image over to it. At that point, success!