On Sat, Jan 02, 2021 at 11:48:00PM +0200, Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote: Well, it boils down to the errors saying the device isn't responding properly. Are the contents of the stick important? I'd toss it into the e-waste and get another. -- Matthew Miller <mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; Fedora Project Leader

On Sun, 3 Jan 2021 06:32:43 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote: I've got a system where most of the USB ports stopped working, so even though the usb stick is the most common hardware problem, usb ports can also be busted. Trying lots of different combinations of things is usually best.

+ Στις 3/1/21 12:11 π.μ., ο/η Matthew Miller έγραψε: It's empty  , so i guess it can be tossed .

Slight tangent, but once getting new flash, test it. I recommend using f3 on any new USB stick. It's in Fedora repo. The project is originally intended to identify fake flash. It'll report a larger capacity than it has flash memory for, and has firmware that does a loop. Super convenient that if you never hit the loop, you don't find out; and if you hit the loop, it overwrites and corrupts earlier data - sad panda. But it also will test for any kind of corruptions or read errors, not just bogus flash. It's also reasonable to use it for "burning in" hard drives - it's just writing a bunch of pattern tests and reading them back in. It doesn't matter what file system you use to format the device. Format, mount, f3write /mnt then f3read /mnt. That's it. My opinion is anything brand new that has even one error, send it back. It's not like it's gonna get better with age! Details: https://github.com/AltraMayor/f3 https://fight-flash-fraud.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ -- Chris Murphy

Στις 3/1/21 3:33 π.μ., ο/η Chris Murphy έγραψε: Well i have only heard getting worse with age not better .  I will certainly give this f3 a try . Never heard of it before . As for the unit in question ... ohh well , after formatting it with NTFS on a windows machine that i have around here ( sister uses it ) the unit works perfectly under linux too .  Not sure about what on Heavens happened but it would seem a nice format did the work  Actually the original idea belongs to Billy Davis not me and it did worked out for the best . Am a bit curious as to what this f3 utility is going to say