Re: usb marked as read-only

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Author: Michael via PLUG-discuss
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CC: Michael
Subject: Re: usb marked as read-only
lovely, my 32gb ultra is toast. I started gparted to see if I could format
it and the square showing the partitions and usage is gray (as well as the
file system icon).

On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 7:16 PM Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss <
> wrote:

> Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss said on Mon, 16 Jan 2023 16:38:57 -0700
>
> >For most things, I use USB sticks in
> >a write once, read many configuration scenario.
>
> Another thing I've found anecdotally that helps lengthen the USB stick
> life, whether write once or write a bunch, is to format it as Ext4. I
> don't think I ever had one go bad as Ext4, but I have with the windows
> format they're shipped with. Of course, if you have to interact with
> windows computers or devices expecting windows formated USB sticks, my
> trick becomes useless.
>
> SteveT
>
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