[Bug 1442840] [NEW] Erase disk fails with error " wipefs: error: /dev/sdb1: probing initialization failed: No such file or directory"

[nemith]

Public bug reported:

I have a USB stick that shows up in the usb-disk-creator when I go to
click the button to Erase Disk it returns the error:

org.freedesktop.DBus.Python.GLib.Error: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/service.py", line 707, in _message_cb
    retval = candidate_method(self, *args, **keywords)
  File "/usr/share/usb-creator/usb-creator-helper", line 285, in Format
    partition = table.call_create_partition_sync(0, size, '0x0c', '', no_options, None)
GLib.Error: udisks-error-quark: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Error.Failed: Error wiping newly created partition /dev/sdb1: Command-line `wipefs -a "/dev/sdb1"' exited with non-zero exit status 1: wipefs: error: /dev/sdb1: probing initialization failed: No such file or directory
 (0)

** Affects: usb-creator (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Attachment added: "Screenshot from 2015-04-10 19:17:42.png"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1442840/+attachment/4372085/+files/Screenshot%20from%202015-04-10%2019%3A17%3A42.png

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Title:
  Erase disk fails with error " wipefs: error: /dev/sdb1: probing
  initialization failed: No such file or directory"

Status in usb-creator package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I have a USB stick that shows up in the usb-disk-creator when I go to
  click the button to Erase Disk it returns the error:

  org.freedesktop.DBus.Python.GLib.Error: Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/service.py", line 707, in _message_cb
      retval = candidate_method(self, *args, **keywords)
    File "/usr/share/usb-creator/usb-creator-helper", line 285, in Format
      partition = table.call_create_partition_sync(0, size, '0x0c', '', no_options, None)
  GLib.Error: udisks-error-quark: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Error.Failed: Error wiping newly created partition /dev/sdb1: Command-line `wipefs -a "/dev/sdb1"' exited with non-zero exit status 1: wipefs: error: /dev/sdb1: probing initialization failed: No such file or directory
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