[Bug 1549603] Re: Please clearly document how users can return usb drive to a storage drive or better yet provide a means to do so

[Marc Deslauriers]

@ventrical: the old SDC created a single partition and attempted to
perform all required operations in it for it to boot on different
devices. That unfortunately didn't work properly. The new SDC simply
copies the boot image to the device, multiple partitions and all, so
that the resulting USB stick works on all devices, included UEFI
machines.

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Title:
  Please clearly document how users can return usb drive to a storage
  drive or better yet provide a means to do so

Status in usb-creator package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  While sdc now works well it creates partitioning/formatting that the default installed Disks app cannot deal with. This will make it hard for users to return the usb drive to use as a storage device after using to install *buntu.
  Test case:
  Create a boot/install drive with sdc.
  Open Disks app & try to format the drive to a usable storage format or try to delete either of the 2 partitions sdc created.
  What happens : operations fail, see attached screens.

  One method that works requires users to install gparted, dismiss the
  error popups (disconcerting), then figure out they need to create a
  fresh partition table.

  Related bug report -
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website-content/+bug/1558139

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: usb-creator-gtk 0.3.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-6.21-generic 4.4.1
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-6-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Wed Feb 24 23:09:12 2016
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-02 (22 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160131)
  SourcePackage: usb-creator
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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