The problem with removable devices is that you need to unmount then before
you remove them, and you can't reliably format a mounted device. And, Dan
Ritters advice is good. Brand name USB SSD drives are pretty reliable, but
there are a lot of scams out there. Dick Miller was pointing out a number
o
I tend to prefer using the GUI Disks utility provided by Fedora.
mkefs should format correctly. USB memory sticks are not good for backup
devices. USB drives are much better, especially if you are using a good
brand.
I took an dos formatted USB,, and here is what I did:
gaf@fedora ~]$ sudo mke2fs
dan moylan wrote:
>
> dan moylan once wrote:
> > running fc36 on lenevo thinkpad T460
> moylan BCKUP1n[1089] touch foo
> touch: cannot touch 'foo': Read-only file system
> moylan BCKUP1n[1090] ls -l
> total 20K
> drwxr-xr-x. 3 moylan moylan 4.0K 220910:1532 backintime/
> drwx--. 2 root root
dan moylan once wrote:
> running fc36 on lenevo thinkpad T460
> moylan cmd[1051] sudo mke2fs -text4 -LBCKUP1n /dev/sdb
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> moylan cmd[105?] dmesg
[600097.987503] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[600098.318616] JBD2: no valid journal superblock found
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dan moylan once wrote:
> running fc36 on lenevo thinkpad T460
> moylan cmd[1051] sudo mke2fs -text4 -LBCKUP1n /dev/sdb
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> moylan cmd[105?] dmesg
[600097.987503] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[600098.318616] JBD2: no valid journal superblock found
[
dan ritter wrote:
> dan moylan wrote:
>> dan bitter wrote:
>>> dan moylan wrote:
running fc36 on lenevo thinkpad T460
moylan cmd[1051] sudo mke2fs -text4 -LBCKUP1n /dev/sdb
[sudo] password for moylan:
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>> .
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>>> First, make sure you do
Generally I use the Disks utility to format thumb drives, but mk2fs should
do the same thing. After formatting the drive, remove it, and reinsert it.
That should automatically mount it. Or try mounting it to a different mount
point. Also, the thumb drive should not be mounted when you format it
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On Mon, 5 Sep 2022 12:34:07 -0400
dan moylan wrote:
> moylan cmd[1051] sudo mke2fs -text4 -LBCKUP1n /dev/sdb
> [sudo] password for moylan:
You are creating a file system on the raw device, not on a partition. I
don't know if this is relevant or not, just that it's an uncommon
practice.
> dmesg:
dan moylan wrote:
>
> running fc36 on lenevo thinkpad T460
>
> moylan cmd[1051] sudo mke2fs -text4 -LBCKUP1n /dev/sdb
> [sudo] password for moylan:
>
> mke2fs 1.46.5 (30-Dec-2021)
> /dev/sdb contains a ext4 file system labelled 'BCKUP1n'
> created on Mon Sep 5 10:20:13 2022
> Proceed any