Re: [Discuss] memory stick issue

2022-09-14 Thread Jerry Feldman
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

Re: [Discuss] memory stick issue

2022-09-14 Thread Jerry Feldman
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

Re: [Discuss] memory stick issue

2022-09-13 Thread Dan Ritter
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

Re: [Discuss] memory stick issue

2022-09-13 Thread dan moylan
dan moylan once wrote: > running fc36 on lenevo thinkpad T460 > moylan cmd[1051] sudo mke2fs -text4 -LBCKUP1n /dev/sdb . . . > moylan cmd[105?] dmesg [600097.987503] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk [600098.318616] JBD2: no valid journal superblock found [

Re: [Discuss] memory stick issue

2022-09-10 Thread dan moylan
dan moylan once wrote: > running fc36 on lenevo thinkpad T460 > moylan cmd[1051] sudo mke2fs -text4 -LBCKUP1n /dev/sdb . . . > moylan cmd[105?] dmesg [600097.987503] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk [600098.318616] JBD2: no valid journal superblock found [

Re: [Discuss] memory stick issue

2022-09-06 Thread dan moylan
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: >> . >> . >> . >> >>> First, make sure you do

Re: [Discuss] memory stick issue

2022-09-05 Thread Jerry Feldman
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 --

Re: [Discuss] memory stick issue

2022-09-05 Thread Rich Pieri
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:

Re: [Discuss] memory stick issue

2022-09-05 Thread Dan Ritter
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