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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