Clearing Bootable USB Drive

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Hello,

I realize this sounds like a really stupid question (and it probably is), but I am having an enormous amount of trouble clearing my bootable USB flash drive with OpenSUSE 11.3 64 bit on it. I followed the instructions here: SDB:Live USB stick - openSUSE to initially create it, but since have been unable to reformat it and revert it to its original state.

The error I get under Ubuntu using gParted is in the command mkdosfs -F32 -v -n “” /dev/sdc1
where mkdosfs 3.0.7 “unable to open /dev/sdc1”. I get a similar error no matter what I try under both Ubuntu and OpenSUSE. I’ve also tried mounting the drive but then that causes the expected error from being mounted.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

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This can be done through Yast:

Start Yast - System - Partitioner, Continue.
You will now see the USB-drive with it’s partition(s). Remove the partitions.
Now create a new partition, filesystem FAT, do not mount it.
Accept, let the partitioner do it’s job
Done