brand new USB blacklisted?

[ChristianMingle]

I followed the steps on how to switch flash drives (my old one kept corrupting the syslinux folder because it was so old) and used a brand new flash drive, but it says its blacklisted? how do i get it unblacklisted? do i need to buy another new flashdrive?

[JonathanM]

6 minutes ago, ChristianMingle said:

I followed the steps on how to switch flash drives (my old one kept corrupting the syslinux folder because it was so old) and used a brand new flash drive, but it says its blacklisted? how do i get it unblacklisted? do i need to buy another new flashdrive?

You can't unblacklist a drive, so you will need a different model of flash drive. Typically the reason a new drive is blacklisted is because the manufacturer decided it was too much work to assign a unique GUID to each drive, instead they just use one ID for all of them.

[ChristianMingle]

5 minutes ago, JonathanM said:

You can't unblacklist a drive, so you will need a different model of flash drive. Typically the reason a new drive is blacklisted is because the manufacturer decided it was too much work to assign a unique GUID to each drive, instead they just use one ID for all of them.

so im assuming thats what this is: ABCD-1234-0000-000000000000 ... just a generic GUID i got a 5 pack of them and now i gotta buy a different one rip looks like im gonna have hella flash drives lying around now lmao

[ChristianMingle]

would something like this work? https://www.officedepot.com/a/products/9245562/Lexar-JumpDrive-TwistTurn2-USB-20-Flash/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&mediacampaignid=71700000042079731_1596097357&&gclsrc=aw.ds&gclid=CjwKCAjwj8eJBhA5EiwAg3z0mwlLOLNb3GpZ_qbfwFe7lT_AbWpIJHP_a3aH5140WCFKQnqIZFGHCxoCVOMQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

[JonathanM]

No experience with that model.

 

My favorite is Kingston SE9 USB 2.0 version

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B4G2YXA/