Changes for page Effacer la signature d'un périphérique avec wipefs
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... ... @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ 1 1 A hard drive or a USB stick that has already had a previous life (a former operating system installed, a disk image in ISO format previously burned) can retain residual signatures invisible in GParted: leftover partition table, leftover filesystem. These signatures can cause undesirable behaviour: an installation refusing to boot, a device impossible to repartition, a partition detected as "unknown" even though it was properly created. 2 2 3 -This page describes the diagnostic and cleanup method, using //wipefs//, applicable to any storage device, regardless of its origin. For a detailed case of a residual GPT signature on an internal hard drive, see the page [[Linux installationfailing because ofa GPTremnant>>Trucs et astuces.Installation Linux en échec causé par une scorie GPT]]3 +This page describes the diagnostic and cleanup method, using //wipefs//, applicable to any storage device, regardless of its origin. For a detailed case of a residual GPT signature on an internal hard drive, see the page [[Failed Linux Installation Due to a Residual GPT Signature>>Trucs et astuces.Installation Linux en échec causé par une scorie GPT]] 4 4 5 5 == A concrete case with a USB stick == 6 6