Comment 3 for bug 1307627

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Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox) wrote : Re: [Bug 1307627] [NEW] Error wiping USB stick: UDisks2.Error.Failed: Error synchronizing after initial wipe: Timed out waiting for object

On 14 April 2014 18:30, Timo Jyrinki <email address hidden> wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> My earlier bug #1307622 was a duplicate of bug #1300361, ie. my USB
> stick did not have a partition table.
>
> With (DOS) partition table in use, I'm getting the following error
> instead when trying to wipe the USB stick:
>

most reliable way is to simply use dd e.g.:

# dd if=path-to.iso of=/dev/disk/by-id/usb-Name-Of-you-stick

to resolve formatting via udisks, we'd need to figure out if the bug
is udisks2 itself of the way we use its api. Can you format the sticks
using just "Disks" UI?

Regards,

Dimitri.