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I tried to create a PC-BSD start up/install on my usb flash drive using dd to try dual booting with it, and now I am left with a USB with only 1GB available instead of 16GB. The command I used was:

dd if=PCBSD10.1.1-RELEASE-01-31-2015-x64-DVD-USB.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=1M

I was advised on their forums to use bs=1M on linux instead of bs=1m in the PC-BSD manual.

Gparted only sees 1Gb now and there seems to be no way to re-format. However, when I run startup disk creator on Ubuntu, it seems to see that it is a 16GB flash but has a red x indicating that I can't install to it, nor can I use the erase disk function.

Trying:

mkfs.vfat -I /dev/sdb

didn't help either.

Thanks.

Carl H
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Open GParted, select you USB stick as device and choose "Device" → "Create Partition Table ..." to create a new Partition Table. By default, the right type for you is selected, just confirm. Then right-click on the empty storage space is shows you to create a new partition.

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