On 5/7/25 6:35 AM, George N. White III wrote:
On Tue, May 6, 2025 at 9:49 PM home user via users
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[...]
It is a "MICRO CENTER" stick, probably bought in a Microcenter store in
Rockville, Maryland at least 10 years ago.
It does not a
On 5/7/25 8:19 AM, Michael D. Setzer II via users wrote:
On 7 May 2025 at 9:35, George N. White III wrote:
Just to note there is a tool to check for fake USB and test USB
drives.
The latest version from Fedora Repo is
f3-8.0-8.fc41.x86_64
There is a newer version on https://github.com/Altr
On 7 May 2025 at 9:35, George N. White III wrote:
From: "George N. White III"
Date sent: Wed, 7 May 2025 09:35:10 -0300
Subject: Re: recovering back-up.
To: Community support for Fedora users
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>
> On Tue,
On Tue, May 6, 2025 at 9:49 PM home user via users <
users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> [...]
> It is a "MICRO CENTER" stick, probably bought in a Microcenter store in
> Rockville, Maryland at least 10 years ago.
>
> It does not always flash.
Good news: fake USB drives were rare 10 years ag
On 5/6/25 6:45 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/6/25 5:38 PM, home user via users wrote:
On 5/6/25 6:31 PM, home user via users wrote:
More progress.
Doing that brings up some files and one directory.
There should be multiple directories.
If I try to look at the properties of that directory, it says
On 5/6/25 5:38 PM, home user via users wrote:
On 5/6/25 6:31 PM, home user via users wrote:
More progress.
Doing that brings up some files and one directory.
There should be multiple directories.
If I try to look at the properties of that directory, it says
"contents unreadable", and under that
On 5/6/25 6:37 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/6/25 5:31 PM, home user via users wrote:
More progress.
Doing that brings up some files and one directory.
There should be multiple directories.
If I try to look at the properties of that directory, it says
"contents unreadable", and under that, "Unkno
On 5/6/25 6:31 PM, home user via users wrote:
On 5/6/25 6:16 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/6/25 5:13 PM, home user via users wrote:
On 5/6/25 6:09 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/6/25 5:07 PM, home user via users wrote:
On 5/6/25 5:31 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/6/25 3:57 PM, home user via users w
On 5/6/25 5:31 PM, home user via users wrote:
More progress.
Doing that brings up some files and one directory.
There should be multiple directories.
If I try to look at the properties of that directory, it says "contents
unreadable", and under that, "Unknown".
I tried opening 2 JPG files; they
On 5/6/25 6:16 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/6/25 5:13 PM, home user via users wrote:
On 5/6/25 6:09 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/6/25 5:07 PM, home user via users wrote:
On 5/6/25 5:31 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/6/25 3:57 PM, home user via users wrote:
On 5/5/25 10:15 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/6/25 5:13 PM, home user via users wrote:
On 5/6/25 6:09 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/6/25 5:07 PM, home user via users wrote:
On 5/6/25 5:31 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/6/25 3:57 PM, home user via users wrote:
On 5/5/25 10:15 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
Try "fdisk -l /dev/sdb".
If it doesn't
On 5/6/25 6:09 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/6/25 5:07 PM, home user via users wrote:
On 5/6/25 5:31 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/6/25 3:57 PM, home user via users wrote:
On 5/5/25 10:15 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
Try "fdisk -l /dev/sdb".
If it doesn't show the partition table, then try "gpart /dev/
On 5/6/25 5:07 PM, home user via users wrote:
On 5/6/25 5:31 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/6/25 3:57 PM, home user via users wrote:
On 5/5/25 10:15 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
Try "fdisk -l /dev/sdb".
If it doesn't show the partition table, then try "gpart /dev/sdb",
then try "fdisk -l /dev/sdb" aga
On 5/6/25 5:31 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/6/25 3:57 PM, home user via users wrote:
On 5/5/25 10:15 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
Try "fdisk -l /dev/sdb".
If it doesn't show the partition table, then try "gpart /dev/sdb",
then try "fdisk -l /dev/sdb" again.
If it shows the partition table, then run "
On 5/6/25 3:57 PM, home user via users wrote:
On 5/5/25 10:15 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
Try "fdisk -l /dev/sdb".
If it doesn't show the partition table, then try "gpart /dev/sdb",
then try "fdisk -l /dev/sdb" again.
If it shows the partition table, then run "partprobe". If that's not
available,
On 5/5/25 10:15 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/5/25 8:18 PM, home user via users wrote:
# gpart /dev/sdb
Begin scan...
Possible partition(DOS FAT), size(14782mb), offset(3mb)
End scan.
Checking partitions...
Partition(DOS or Windows 95 with 32 bit FAT, LBA): primary
Ok.
Guessed primary partition
On 5/5/25 8:18 PM, home user via users wrote:
# gpart /dev/sdb
Begin scan...
Possible partition(DOS FAT), size(14782mb), offset(3mb)
End scan.
Checking partitions...
Partition(DOS or Windows 95 with 32 bit FAT, LBA): primary
Ok.
Guessed primary partition table:
Primary partition(1)
type: 0
On 5/5/25 9:29 PM, Mike Wright wrote:
On 5/5/25 20:18, home user via users wrote:
[... snip ...]
# fdisk -l /dev/sdb
Disk /dev/sdb: 14.44 GiB, 15504900096 bytes, 30283008 sectors
Disk model:
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (mi
On 5/5/25 20:18, home user via users wrote:
read all the way to the end; don't stop too soon!
On 5/5/25 8:46 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/5/25 5:57 PM, home user via users wrote:
On 5/5/25 6:31 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/5/25 5:08 PM, home user via users wrote:
On 5/5/25 5:41 PM, Samuel Sieb
read all the way to the end; don't stop too soon!
On 5/5/25 8:46 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/5/25 5:57 PM, home user via users wrote:
On 5/5/25 6:31 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/5/25 5:08 PM, home user via users wrote:
On 5/5/25 5:41 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/5/25 3:55 PM, home user via use
On 5/5/25 5:57 PM, home user via users wrote:
On 5/5/25 6:31 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/5/25 5:08 PM, home user via users wrote:
On 5/5/25 5:41 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/5/25 3:55 PM, home user via users wrote:
Here's a mount attempt:
- - - - -
# fdisk -l /dev/sdb
Disk /dev/sdb: 14.44 GiB,
On 5/5/25 6:31 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/5/25 5:08 PM, home user via users wrote:
On 5/5/25 5:41 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/5/25 3:55 PM, home user via users wrote:
Here's a mount attempt:
- - - - -
# fdisk -l /dev/sdb
Disk /dev/sdb: 14.44 GiB, 15504900096 bytes, 30283008 sectors
Disk model
On 5/5/25 6:31 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/5/25 5:08 PM, home user via users wrote:
On 5/5/25 5:41 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/5/25 3:55 PM, home user via users wrote:
Here's a mount attempt:
- - - - -
# fdisk -l /dev/sdb
Disk /dev/sdb: 14.44 GiB, 15504900096 bytes, 30283008 sectors
Disk model
On 5/5/25 5:08 PM, home user via users wrote:
On 5/5/25 5:41 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/5/25 3:55 PM, home user via users wrote:
Here's a mount attempt:
- - - - -
# fdisk -l /dev/sdb
Disk /dev/sdb: 14.44 GiB, 15504900096 bytes, 30283008 sectors
Disk model:
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
On 5/5/25 6:27 PM, Go Canes wrote:
On Mon, May 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM Samuel Sieb wrote:
[...]
mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt
[...]
Unless you are already root that probably should be "sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt"
I'm already root.
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On Mon, May 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM Samuel Sieb wrote:
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> mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt
> [...]
Unless you are already root that probably should be "sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt"
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On 5/5/25 5:41 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/5/25 3:55 PM, home user via users wrote:
Here's a mount attempt:
- - - - -
# fdisk -l /dev/sdb
Disk /dev/sdb: 14.44 GiB, 15504900096 bytes, 30283008 sectors
Disk model:
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 51
On 5/5/25 3:55 PM, home user via users wrote:
Here's a mount attempt:
- - - - -
# fdisk -l /dev/sdb
Disk /dev/sdb: 14.44 GiB, 15504900096 bytes, 30283008 sectors
Disk model:
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512
On 5/5/25 3:37 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/2/25 3:58 PM, home user via users wrote:
On 5/2/2025 4:40 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
never been able to figure out how to manually (from the command
line) mount something. File browsers do that for me nicely.
"sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt"
Thank-you, Sam
On 5/2/25 3:58 PM, home user via users wrote:
On 5/2/2025 4:40 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
never been able to figure out how to manually (from the command line)
mount something. File browsers do that for me nicely.
"sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt"
Thank-you, Samuel.
I was expecting a follow-up to t
On 5/3/2025 3:17 AM, Michael D. Setzer II via users wrote:
On 3 May 2025 at 17:20, Tim via users wrote:
Subject:Re: recovering back-up.
To: Community support for Fedora users
Date sent: Sat, 03 May 2025 17:20:54 +0930
Send reply to
On 3 May 2025 at 17:20, Tim via users wrote:
Subject:Re: recovering back-up.
To: Community support for Fedora users
Date sent: Sat, 03 May 2025 17:20:54 +0930
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From
Tim:
>> There is a "ddrescue" tool with that kind of thing in mind.
home user
> Having looked at the man page, I couldn't make sense of how I should use
> these for this situation.
See if this page is any different from what you've read, then try
discussing things with people here:
https://www
On 5/2/2025 4:40 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/2/25 3:34 PM, home user via users wrote:
On 5/2/25 4:01 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/2/25 9:44 AM, home user via users wrote:
On 5/1/25 9:41 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
You can try running "gpart" on it. That will try to discover the
partitions.
# gp
On 5/2/25 3:34 PM, home user via users wrote:
On 5/2/25 4:01 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/2/25 9:44 AM, home user via users wrote:
On 5/1/25 9:41 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
You can try running "gpart" on it. That will try to discover the
partitions.
# gpart /dev/sdb
Begin scan...
Possible parti
On 5/2/25 4:01 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/2/25 9:44 AM, home user via users wrote:
On 5/1/25 9:41 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
You can try running "gpart" on it. That will try to discover the
partitions.
# gpart /dev/sdb
Begin scan...
Possible partition(DOS FAT), size(14782mb), offset(3mb)
End s
On 5/2/25 9:44 AM, home user via users wrote:
On 5/1/25 9:41 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
You can try running "gpart" on it. That will try to discover the
partitions.
# gpart /dev/sdb
Begin scan...
Possible partition(DOS FAT), size(14782mb), offset(3mb)
End scan.
Checking partitions...
Partition(
On 5/2/25 3:14 AM, Barry Scott wrote:
On 2 May 2025, at 04:12, home user via users
wrote:
How can I recover the back-up (without cost)?
Note that I'm needing to recover the back-up as a whole, not just a
file or 2 from a back-up.
If the files are in your /home you can do a fresh install
On 5/1/25 10:48 PM, Tim wrote:
On Thu, 2025-05-01 at 21:12 -0600, home user via users wrote:
Just before trying to upgrade from F-40 to F-41, I did a back-up to a
USB 3 stick.
Too late now, but never consider a USB stick as a back-up. It's flakey
technology. I only use them as sneakernet tec
On 5/1/25 9:41 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/1/25 8:12 PM, home user via users wrote:
(F-42; stand-alone workstation; Gnome)
Just before trying to upgrade from F-40 to F-41, I did a back-up to a
USB 3 stick.
[snip]
But now when I insert the back-up stick into a port on either tower,
it's claim
On 5/1/25 9:12 PM, home user via users wrote:
(F-42; stand-alone workstation; Gnome)
snip
But now when I insert the back-up stick into a port on either tower,
it's claimed the back-up stick is un-formatted and empty. Fedora's
"disks" and windows-10 (file browser and defender) agree.
I do not
> On 2 May 2025, at 04:12, home user via users
> wrote:
>
> How can I recover the back-up (without cost)?
> Note that I'm needing to recover the back-up as a whole, not just a file or 2
> from a back-up.
If the files are in your /home you can do a fresh install on f42 and tell it to
use the
On Thu, 2025-05-01 at 21:12 -0600, home user via users wrote:
> Just before trying to upgrade from F-40 to F-41, I did a back-up to a
> USB 3 stick.
Too late now, but never consider a USB stick as a back-up. It's flakey
technology. I only use them as sneakernet tech.
I don't know if "dd" can b
On 5/1/25 8:12 PM, home user via users wrote:
(F-42; stand-alone workstation; Gnome)
Just before trying to upgrade from F-40 to F-41, I did a back-up to a
USB 3 stick.
The upgrade failed.
A local friend gave me a windows-10 box to use. Until I could get the
Fedora workstation adequately rest
(F-42; stand-alone workstation; Gnome)
Just before trying to upgrade from F-40 to F-41, I did a back-up to a
USB 3 stick.
The upgrade failed.
A local friend gave me a windows-10 box to use. Until I could get the
Fedora workstation adequately restored, I needed to get a few things off
the F-4
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