format thumbdrive.

[Michael]

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 at 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 at 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 at 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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