creating persistence means I want to use the drive as if it were the main
drive.
The verbose flag is a big v? I tried the little v!
    sudo fsck -V $usb
   [sudo] password for michael:
   fsck from util-linux 2.37.2
Same thing.
   sudo fsck -Vf /dev/sdb ; echo $?
   fsck from util-linux 2.37.2
   0
I think the zero means there is nothing wrong with the drive.

"You don't say what you booted on - the USB drive?  And what device is
that?"
What do you mean? I'm trying to run thOS from the pen drive? THe device is
/dev/sdb?

On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 2:00 PM Rusty Carruth via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> I think it is probably too early to say if you need a new drive, and I
> don't know what you mean by 'create persistence', but I'll stick my foot
> in my mouth and ask a few questions.
>
> You don't say what you booted on - the USB drive?  And what device is that?
>
> When you run fsck, I suggest you use the -V option (verbose). Also, what
> is the return code from fsck? that is:
>
> sudo fsck -Vf /dev/sdb ; echo $?
>
> what number is the last thing before your next prompt?
>
> Did you boot from device /dev/sda?  Is anything mounted from /dev/sdb?
> (e.g. what does 'df -h' say (as one option))
>
> Finally, it is safer to do the fdisk commands manually and not use the
> 'printf' trick.  This works for me on all my systems:
>
> echo $usb ; sudo fdisk $usb
>
> (then I enter the commands to fdisk to create a new partition, or whatever)
>
> Oh, the very first thing I should have asked is, what does 'ls -l
> /dev/sdb' say?
>
> On 1/16/23 11:34, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> > maybe that is why it ran out of space?
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 12:06 PM Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> HI. On my Kali Live USB drive I am trying to create persistence. I did
> it
> >> once but then something happened (it ran out of space when I tried to
> >> install snort) so I started over. But when I tried tpo create
> persistence I
> >> got the read-only error. YOu know in my search to get it out of
> read-only I
> >> discovered that it might mean my file system is corrupted.. But when I
> ran
> >>     $ sudo fsck -f /dev/sdb
> >> it just responded
> >>     fsck from util-linux 2.37.2
> >> then when I attempted to follow the directions (that worked before:
> >>     sudo fdisk $usb <<< $(printf "n\np\n\n\n\nw")
> >>     Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.37.2).
> >>     Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
> >>     Be careful before using the write command.
> >>     fdisk: cannot open /dev/sdb: Read-only file system
> >> I'm thinking I need a new drive. Anything the gurus know that would be
> >> beneficial before I spend the money on a new drive??
> >> --
> >> :-)~MIKE~(-:
> >>
> >
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