On 2025-02-16, Philip Webb wrote: > I successfully formatted one of the partitions which failed with Ext2 as Vfat. > I was able to mount it, create a file with words in it, > save it, list it via 'ls', browse it & then delete it, all using Gentoo. > This suggests that the problem isn't due to defective hardware, > but is somewhere in 'mke2fs' or related material. > > Any observations are very welcome.
I'd say this is very unlikely, and that you should test and investigate more, lest it have some issue that could lead to data loss later. -- Nuno Silva
