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