> I'm pretty sure the drive is messed up. it is telling me 3 hours to
> completion
>
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 8:50 AM Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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