# No working files on USB after flashing Linux USB on Mac Ventura

**URL:** <https://forums.balena.io/t/no-working-files-on-usb-after-flashing-linux-usb-on-mac-ventura/366450>\
**Category:** Product support\
**Created:** [January 19, 2023, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/no-working-files-on-usb-after-flashing-linux-usb-on-mac-ventura/366450 "2023-01-19T10:30:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![KJezza](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/kjezza/32/8704_2.png) [@KJezza](https://forums.balena.io/u/KJezza)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/no-working-files-on-usb-after-flashing-linux-usb-on-mac-ventura/366450/1 "2023-01-19T10:30:33Z")

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Hi team,  
The belenaEtcher app works perfectly but my 8Gb US 2.0 drive always winds up with a tiny amount of files despite pointing a working (In VirtualBox) Kali ISO (4.08Gb) to it.  
Followed the instructions to Erase the USB as MS-DOS (FAT-32) and GUID, but mounts after success as a Master Boot Record volume with 918Kb capacity used and 10Kb free.

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**Author:** ![chrisys](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/chrisys/32/1731_2.png) [@chrisys](https://forums.balena.io/u/chrisys)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/no-working-files-on-usb-after-flashing-linux-usb-on-mac-ventura/366450/2 "2023-02-08T19:17:33Z")

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Have you tried recovering the USB drive using the methods listed here?: [Etcher broke my USB stick … or did it?](https://blog.balena.io/did-etcher-break-my-usb-sd-card/)

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**Author:** ![KJezza](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/kjezza/32/8704_2.png) [@KJezza](https://forums.balena.io/u/KJezza)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 3:38am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/no-working-files-on-usb-after-flashing-linux-usb-on-mac-ventura/366450/3 "2023-02-24T03:38:01Z")

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Will try this and report back, thank you chrisys

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**Author:** ![KJezza](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/kjezza/32/8704_2.png) [@KJezza](https://forums.balena.io/u/KJezza)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/no-working-files-on-usb-after-flashing-linux-usb-on-mac-ventura/366450/5 "2023-02-26T10:50:55Z")

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It didn’t break the USB stick. Running those scripts modified the file structure, but it just got an error when trying to mount the drive post-Etching and failed, multiple times. Must be Mac OS.