[Bug 1379944] Re: usb-creator-gtk tells me there is not enough free space on a completely emtpy USB stick

[HillClimber]

Here's a screenshot... I"m having the same problem.  I have tried usb-
creator a couple times a year every year for the past few years and it
has *always* failed due to bugs.  It would be great if new user's first
experience with trying to install Ubuntu could be a lot smoother!

** Attachment added: "False claim that usb stick is full"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/+bug/1379944/+attachment/4401351/+files/buggy%20usb-creator.png

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Title:
  usb-creator-gtk tells me there is not enough free space on a
  completely emtpy USB stick

Status in usb-creator package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  why does usb-creator-gtk have to be so buggy?

  It is now telling me that my empty 4GB USB stick doesn't have enough
  free space for a 1GB desktop iso image.

  see the attached screen shot.  And here is info on my device:

  /dev/sdb1       3.8G   20M  3.8G   1% /media/bladernr/077BB9746C036A50

  just to make sure that the disk and fs on it were good, I creted a
  couple files on it, but there is 3.8GB free space, usb-creator-gtk
  fails to see that and refuses to make my bootable usb stick.

  Once again, I have to fall back to unetbootin because this tool is
  broken.

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