16gb usb drive (unlock/decrypt....)

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OPENSUSE 13.2
icewm
3.16.7-21-desktop

I have a 16gb usb drive that I used as a bootloader with authentication for my windows vista computer.
I used diskcryptor to encrypt the windows hard-drive and installed the bootloader and key on the usb drive.

In opensuse I am getting this error when trying to format from nautilus

Not authorized to perform operation (udisks-error-quark, 4)

I don’t think it’s regular nautilus and not super-user. I can’t get super-user to work from the terminal
I get this error

Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused

(nautilus:3611): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

My goal here is to create a swap partition/file whatever on the usb drive (maybe for GIMP)

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On 2015-06-21 19:36, pmcpcm wrote:
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> OPENSUSE 13.2
> icewm
> 3.16.7-21-desktop
>
> I have a 16gb usb drive that I used as a bootloader with authentication
> for my windows vista computer.
> I used diskcryptor to encrypt the windows hard-drive and installed the
> bootloader and key on the usb drive.

…

> My goal here is to create a swap partition/file whatever on the usb
> drive (maybe for GIMP)

I would not touch that drive with a yardstick.

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)

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Well hard to say exactly what Windows did to that USB stick. But Doing a total wipe may work. But then also I don’t use Gnome and was not aware you could format from nautilus???

Have you tried it from Yast. That is where I’d go to re partition a drive. But it still may require writing zeros to at least the first logical track with dd or other binary tool

What does fdisk -l show??

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On 2015-06-21 20:46, gogalthorp wrote:
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> Well hard to say exactly what Windows did to that USB stick. But Doing a
> total wipe may work. But then also I don’t use Gnome and was not aware
> you could format from nautilus???
>
> Have you tried it from Yast. That is where I’d go to re partition a
> drive. But it still may require writing zeros to at least the first
> logical track with dd or other binary tool

But then the machine, that apparently needs that to boot from some
proprietary scheme, will be unbootable, and probably unreadable.

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)

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My understanding was the OP wanted to repurpose it.

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On 2015-06-21 23:46, gogalthorp wrote:
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> My understanding was the OP wanted to repurpose it.

If that is so… then of course, dd it. :-?

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)