<div dir="ltr">I'm pretty sure the drive is messed up. it is telling me 3 hours to completion </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 8:50 AM Michael <<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com">bmike1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>That worked but why was the permission wrong? </div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 2:34 AM Dhruva Lokegaonkar <<a href="mailto:dhruva@lokegaonkar.in" target="_blank">dhruva@lokegaonkar.in</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">There's a good chance your drive is dead. But try changing the<br>
permissions. It might just be that you don't "own" the drive.<br>
<br>
Check the ownership info using `ls -la`<br>
If the owner is root, change it to your user with<br>
`sudo chown youruser:youruser /path/to/drivemount -R`<br>
<br>
<br>
On 12/19/18 8:52 AM, Michael wrote:<br>
> nevermind.... I just didn't wait long enough.<br>
> <br>
> but this time I get a different error:<br>
> <br>
> $ cp ~/Desktop/* /media/bmike1/009598a2-cbbe-4970-abd0-f75f3c4de28a<br>
> cp: cannot create regular file<br>
> '/media/bmike1/009598a2-cbbe-4970-abd0-f75f3c4de28a/google-chrome.desktop':<br>
> Permission denied<br>
> cp: cannot create regular file<br>
> '/media/bmike1/009598a2-cbbe-4970-abd0-f75f3c4de28a/Link to 2017.kmy':<br>
> Permission denied<br>
> cp: cannot create regular file<br>
> '/media/bmike1/009598a2-cbbe-4970-abd0-f75f3c4de28a/Link to<br>
> Contacted.ods': Permission denied<br>
> cp: cannot create regular file<br>
> '/media/bmike1/009598a2-cbbe-4970-abd0-f75f3c4de28a/Link to<br>
> Earnings2018.ods': Permission denied<br>
> cp: cannot create regular file<br>
> '/media/bmike1/009598a2-cbbe-4970-abd0-f75f3c4de28a/Link to<br>
> Earnings2019.ods': Permission denied<br>
> cp: cannot create regular file<br>
> '/media/bmike1/009598a2-cbbe-4970-abd0-f75f3c4de28a/Link to Workflow':<br>
> Permission denied<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 10:14 PM Michael <<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> I remembered what the command is: mkfs<br>
> But I enter the command and:<br>
> $ sudo mkfs -text4 /dev/sdc<br>
> mke2fs 1.42.13 (17-May-2015)<br>
> Creating filesystem with 15436800 4k blocks and 3866624 inodes<br>
> Filesystem UUID: 009598a2-cbbe-4970-abd0-f75f3c4de28a<br>
> Superblock backups stored on blocks: <br>
> 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208, <br>
> 4096000, 7962624, 11239424<br>
> <br>
> Allocating group tables: done <br>
> Writing inode tables: done <br>
> Creating journal (32768 blocks): done<br>
> Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: <br>
> <br>
> and it just sits there as if it is waiting for a variable.<br>
> What should I do?<br>
> <br>
> On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 8:57 AM Michael <<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> I left click on it (why didn't I think of that) and format it<br>
> but it does not allow me to copy to it. I then tried with tty<br>
> and it says 'permission denied'. Another thing, it does not take<br>
> the label I assign to it.<br>
> <br>
> On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 2:37 AM Jim <<a href="mailto:jim.nantz15@comcast.net" target="_blank">jim.nantz15@comcast.net</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:jim.nantz15@comcast.net" target="_blank">jim.nantz15@comcast.net</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> My mistake. I meant lower right. Any idea why that wouldn't<br>
> work for Mike?<br>
> <br>
> On 12/18/18 12:36 AM, Jim wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> I have KDE on this dinosaur and I have no trouble<br>
>> formatting them. i plug it in, then wait for the window<br>
>> that pops up in the lower left telling me my options. I<br>
>> don't mount it. I open Gparted or the KDE disk utility<br>
>> and format it. If that doesn't work for Michael, I would<br>
>> wonder if something's wrong with his system.<br>
>><br>
>> On 12/17/18 10:50 PM, Dhruva Lokegaonkar wrote:<br>
>>> If you're on Gnome (latest Ubuntu/ Fedora) then you can use<br>
>>> gnome-disk-utility. (It's probably just called "Disks" on your computer.)<br>
>>><br>
>>> Click on the thumb drive on the left menu, then click on the partition<br>
>>> on the right side. (I'm guessing there's only one). Make sure its<br>
>>> highlighted. Then Press Control+Shift+F.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Give it a name in "Volume Name"<br>
>>> Make sure Erase is turned off. (Erase will do a in-depth wipe, which<br>
>>> takes very long)<br>
>>> Then select "For use with all systems and devices (FAT)" and click next.<br>
>>> (I've attached a screenshot)<br>
>>><br>
>>> I'm guessing the rest is self explanatory. I don't have a pen drive<br>
>>> handy and I don't want to format my drive haha.<br>
>>><br>
>>> If you want to do this from the Command line<br>
>>> Use `lsblk` to list all your connected drives and check which drive you<br>
>>> want to format. Then check again. and again to make sure.<br>
>>> Then copy the device path. (Something like /dev/sdb1) and execute<br>
>>> `sudo mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/sdb1`<br>
>>> change sdb1 to whatever your drive is.<br>
>>> Make sure its the right drive though.<br>
>>><br>
>>> On 12/18/18 8:07 AM, Michael wrote:<br>
>>>> I thought I would be able to do it without help but I guess I was wrong.<br>
>>>> I got a thumbdrive that I want to format. gparted will not do it. Anyone<br>
>>>> able to help?<br>
>>>><br>
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