I'm pretty sure the drive is messed up. it is telling me 3 hours to
> That worked but why was the permission wrong?
>
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 2:34 AM Dhruva Lokegaonkar <dhruva@lokegaonkar.in>
> 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 <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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