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 <bmike1@gmail.com
> <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>> 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 <bmike1@gmail.com
> <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>> 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 <jim.nantz15@comcast.net
> <mailto:jim.nantz15@comcast.net>> 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. Anyone
>>>> able to help?
>>>>
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