of 25.1 GB On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 12:04 PM Michael wrote: > 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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