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Old 07-02-2019, 07:02 AM   #76
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Have you booted from the flashdrive?

Are any of the eMMC partitions mounted?? Some distro's will automount any known file system.. Useful, or a real pita ? you decide ;>)

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Old 07-02-2019, 07:29 AM   #77
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Use F4 key on live boot menu and choose 'noautomount' option. This will stop any auto mounting.

For root, open the 'root terminal' in the menu and type user password demo
 
Old 07-02-2019, 08:07 AM   #78
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Have you booted from the flashdrive?

Are any of the eMMC partitions mounted?? Some distro's will automount any known file system.. Useful, or a real pita ? you decide ;>)

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There aren't any partitions anymore. I created a GPT table on the unallocated space, which wiped everything off.
Getting the drive squeaky clean is useful because then I should be able to install another OS, shouldn't I?

BTW, you still have not told me how to get root permission when I am working froma live USB stick.
 
Old 07-02-2019, 08:10 AM   #79
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Could be the drive is mounted, if so you can't do anything to it, so unmount it first, use the command line, (in case automount is in force).

Code:
sudo umount /<drive>
Insert whichever 'drive' it is mounted as/on,

Code:
df -h
should tell you, then retry wiping it with /dev/zero


Edit: Or you could try zeroing out the first few sectors where the drive layout info is kept using 'dd', but you need to be certain which drive it is.

Code:
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/<drive> bs=1M count=4
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Old 07-02-2019, 08:11 AM   #80
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Use F4 key on live boot menu and choose 'noautomount' option. This will stop any auto mounting.
There are no partitions to mount - see my reply to Bodge99 below.

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For root, open the 'root terminal' in the menu and type user password demo
I opened a terminal: when I type sudo it gives me the various switches I can use.
When I type su, it asks for a password, but typing demo returns "Authetication failure".
 
Old 07-02-2019, 08:35 AM   #81
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Hi,

Gparted (booting from the flashdrive) will give you a graphical illustration of your eMMC partitions. You can unmount and swapoff your eMMC partitions from here.

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Old 07-02-2019, 08:37 AM   #82
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Hi,

Gparted (booting from the flashdrive) will give you a graphical illustration of your eMMC partitions. You can unmount and swapoff your eMMC partitions from here.

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I cannot run GP from a flashdrive, the computer does not accept it, like it does not accept distros. That is why I want to wipe the eMMC drive with a command. You gave me a command, but you still have not told me how to ebcome root from the flashdrive/live USB.
 
Old 07-02-2019, 08:58 AM   #83
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Klaas Vaak have you tried a multidistro usb?
I suggest that because it gives lots of options.
Is your computer only efi boot or legacy boot?
sorry I have been reading this thread but not all of it...
 
Old 07-02-2019, 09:12 AM   #84
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I cannot run GP from a flashdrive, the computer does not accept it
What do you mean by this give more details, what happens when you try to run gparted? How are you calling up gparted?
 
Old 07-02-2019, 09:35 AM   #85
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Insert whichever 'drive' it is mounted as/on,

Code:
df -h
This is the output from that:
Code:
df -h
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1       953M  953M     0 100% /live/boot-dev
/dev/loop0      932M  932M     0 100% /live/linux
tmpfs           1.5G  1.2M  1.5G   1% /live/aufs-ram
overlay         1.5G  1.2M  1.5G   1% /
tmpfs            10M     0   10M   0% /media
tmpfs           189M  728K  188M   1% /run
tmpfs            10M  5.2M  4.9M  52% /live
devtmpfs        940M  4.0K  940M   1% /dev
tmpfs           5.0M  4.0K  5.0M   1% /run/lock
tmpfs           378M     0  378M   0% /run/shm
/dev/sda2       3.3M  3.3M   10K 100% /media/antiX-uefi
As far as I can tell the eMMC drive (mmcblk0) is not mounted.
Please tell me what to do with this info, or what my next step should be.
 
Old 07-02-2019, 09:36 AM   #86
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What do you mean by this give more details, what happens when you try to run gparted? How are you calling up gparted?
When I want to launch it the screen starts flashing and nothing else happens.
 
Old 07-02-2019, 09:38 AM   #87
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Klaas Vaak have you tried a multidistro usb?
I suggest that because it gives lots of options.
Is your computer only efi boot or legacy boot?
sorry I have been reading this thread but not all of it...
My computer is now set at UEFI.
Multidistro USB? Great. But what if the distros cannot be launched?
Alternatively, which distros would you suggested for such a USB?

In fact, come to think of it, I did creat a multiboot USB with an app called MultiBootUSB - I added 6 distros to it. But I was disappointed by the quality of the resulting USB: booting was slow, other distros, such as Fedora and MX, did not boot at all.
Last edited by Klaas Vaak; 07-02-2019 at 10:21 AM. Reason: Added the para about MultiBootUSB
 
Old 07-02-2019, 10:26 AM   #88
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oopen a terminal what is the output of
Code:
sudo fdisk -l
that is a lower case L
 
Old 07-02-2019, 10:43 AM   #89
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oopen a terminal what is the output of
Code:
sudo fdisk -l
that is a lower case L
It is rather long:
Code:
sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for demo: 
Disk /dev/ram0: 16 MiB, 16777216 bytes, 32768 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram1: 16 MiB, 16777216 bytes, 32768 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram2: 16 MiB, 16777216 bytes, 32768 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram3: 16 MiB, 16777216 bytes, 32768 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram4: 16 MiB, 16777216 bytes, 32768 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram5: 16 MiB, 16777216 bytes, 32768 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram6: 16 MiB, 16777216 bytes, 32768 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram7: 16 MiB, 16777216 bytes, 32768 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram8: 16 MiB, 16777216 bytes, 32768 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram9: 16 MiB, 16777216 bytes, 32768 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram10: 16 MiB, 16777216 bytes, 32768 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram11: 16 MiB, 16777216 bytes, 32768 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram12: 16 MiB, 16777216 bytes, 32768 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram13: 16 MiB, 16777216 bytes, 32768 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram14: 16 MiB, 16777216 bytes, 32768 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram15: 16 MiB, 16777216 bytes, 32768 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/loop0: 931 MiB, 976269312 bytes, 1906776 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/mmcblk0: 29.1 GiB, 31268536320 bytes, 61071360 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 9FD4FECD-A1CD-463A-AF41-3B9B04BAB3AB




Disk /dev/mmcblk0boot1: 4 MiB, 4194304 bytes, 8192 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/mmcblk0boot0: 4 MiB, 4194304 bytes, 8192 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/sda: 7.2 GiB, 7751073792 bytes, 15138816 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x692e3b92

Device     Boot Start     End Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sda1  *        0 1951743 1951744  953M  0 Empty
/dev/sda2         356    7019    6664  3.3M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
 
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what is output of lsblk
 
  


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