-----Original Message----- From: Tim via users <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2020 10:40 AM To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org Cc: Tim <ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au> Subject: Re: Read-only flash drives
On Thu, 2020-11-26 at 07:36 +0000, J.Witvliet--- via users wrote: > Once in a while we come across thumb-drives, that after using a couple > of times, can’t even be reformatted. Some people leave them plugged in all the time, and although they think only that they're using them occasionally, they're getting warm from whatever their computer was doing in the background. I view thumb drives as some temporary media for sneakernetting, I'd never rely on them for storage. But, I wonder, those having trouble with them: Are they buying the cheap and nasty ones? -----Original Message----- Not intended to steal the thread, But do you consider "Kingston DT50, 16GB USB3" cheap & nasty? We use them as boot-device, filling them with a image with "dd" Upto now, we considered them bricked, and threw them away. Next time I'll ask to keep them for further analysis. Dit bericht kan informatie bevatten die niet voor u is bestemd. Indien u niet de geadresseerde bent of dit bericht abusievelijk aan u is toegezonden, wordt u verzocht dat aan de afzender te melden en het bericht te verwijderen. De Staat aanvaardt geen aansprakelijkheid voor schade, van welke aard ook, die verband houdt met risico's verbonden aan het elektronisch verzenden van berichten. This message may contain information that is not intended for you. If you are not the addressee or if this message was sent to you by mistake, you are requested to inform the sender and delete the message. The State accepts no liability for damage of any kind resulting from the risks inherent in the electronic transmission of messages. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
