I'm pretty sure the drive is messed up. it is telling me 3 hours to completion On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 8:50 AM Michael wrote: > 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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