[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

[sudodus]

The following bug report is related to this one, in the meaning that
this new (and I think much improved) Ubuntu Startup Disk Creator, usb-
creator-gtk, has made the problem visible to many more people. I am
thinking of Bug #1622313, 'gparted does not recognize the iso9660 file
system in cloned Ubuntu USB boot drives' at

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gparted/+bug/1622313

Until these bugs are fixed, many people need help to restore their USB
drives from read-only booters to standard storage devices. (At the
Ubuntu forums I tell them that mkusb can do the job.)

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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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