Re: before first use of a brand new flash drive

[Eike Lantzsch]

On Monday, November 28, 2016 12:14:15 AM PYST Doug wrote:
> On 11/27/2016 05:11 PM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Sunday, November 27, 2016 03:02:19 PM Brad Rogers wrote:
> >> f3 is in the Debian repos.
> > 
> > For anybody that goes looking for it, it is apparently a "current" package
> > for Jessie and Sid, but it is in backports for Wheezy.
> > 
> > https://packages.debian.org/wheezy-backports/f3
> 
> There are also a number of rpm versions in rpmfind. I installed one, but
> I will have to make a PATH to it--the system can't find it.
> 
> --doug

apropos f3
f3brew (1)   - help developers to infer how fake drives work
f3fix (1)- edit the partition table of a fake flash drive
f3probe (1)  - probe a block device for counterfeit flash memory
f3read (1)   - test real flash memory capacity
f3write (1)  - test real flash memory capacity
kdiff3 (1)   - compares two or three input files or directories

HTH

Re: before first use of a brand new flash drive

[Doug]

On 11/27/2016 05:11 PM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:

On Sunday, November 27, 2016 03:02:19 PM Brad Rogers wrote:

f3 is in the Debian repos.

For anybody that goes looking for it, it is apparently a "current" package for
Jessie and Sid, but it is in backports for Wheezy.

https://packages.debian.org/wheezy-backports/f3


There are also a number of rpm versions in rpmfind. I installed one, but 
I will have to make a PATH to it--the system can't find it.


--doug

Re: before first use of a brand new flash drive

[rhkramer]

On Sunday, November 27, 2016 03:02:19 PM Brad Rogers wrote:
> f3 is in the Debian repos.

For anybody that goes looking for it, it is apparently a "current" package for 
Jessie and Sid, but it is in backports for Wheezy.

https://packages.debian.org/wheezy-backports/f3

Re: before first use of a brand new flash drive

[Brad Rogers]

On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 19:43:52 -0600
Doug  wrote:

Hello Doug,

>That's a very old page. Does any reader know of an up-to-date Linux 
>program that serves this purpose?

f3 is in the Debian repos.

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Re: before first use of a brand new flash drive

[Doug]

On 11/27/2016 11:28 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:

On 11/27/2016 10:07 AM, Felix Miata wrote:

Richard Owlett composed on 2016-11-27 07:02 (UTC-0500):

...

It may be an interesting exercise, before first use of a brand
new flash drive, to examine it via Gparted and "wipefs
/dev/sdX"...


I first test that the claimed capacity is valid:
https://fightflashfraud.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/h2testw-gold-standard-in-detecting-fake-capacity-flash/ 





Thank you. The page was interesting reading. It got me thinking.
I haven't done any significant programming since CPU's heated 
buildings with 12AX7's ;/


That's a very old page. Does any reader know of an up-to-date Linux 
program that serves this purpose?


--doug

Re: before first use of a brand new flash drive

[Richard Owlett]

On 11/27/2016 10:07 AM, Felix Miata wrote:

Richard Owlett composed on 2016-11-27 07:02 (UTC-0500):

...

It may be an interesting exercise, before first use of a brand
new flash drive, to examine it via Gparted and "wipefs
/dev/sdX"...


I first test that the claimed capacity is valid:
https://fightflashfraud.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/h2testw-gold-standard-in-detecting-fake-capacity-flash/



Thank you. The page was interesting reading. It got me thinking.
I haven't done any significant programming since CPU's heated 
buildings with 12AX7's ;/

Re: before first use of a brand new flash drive (was: Error message from GParted...)

[Felix Miata]

Richard Owlett composed on 2016-11-27 07:02 (UTC-0500):

...

It may be an interesting exercise, before first use of a brand
new flash drive, to examine it via Gparted and "wipefs /dev/sdX"...


I first test that the claimed capacity is valid:
https://fightflashfraud.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/h2testw-gold-standard-in-detecting-fake-capacity-flash/
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