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 2.37.2Same thing.sudo fsck -Vf /dev/sdb ; echo $?
fsck from util-linux 2.37.2
0I 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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