Re: [PLUG] "sold as 16GB" PNY flash drives store >30GB

2023-05-30 Thread Keith Lofstrom
On Sunday, May 28th, 2023 at 12:37 AM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > ... > If any of you wants to deeply examine one of these drives, > I would be glad to give one to you, in return for data and > opinions about that data. To do the job right, you might > need a variable 5-volt"-ish" power supply and a

Re: [PLUG] "sold as 16GB" PNY flash drives store >30GB

2023-05-29 Thread Ben Koenig
--- Original Message --- On Sunday, May 28th, 2023 at 12:37 AM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > I bought a "PNY 16GB Attaché 3 USB 2.0 Flash Drive 10-Pack" > from Amazon for $27.98, to transfer files from some ancient > CentOS machines to replacement Debian machines. > > The four I've tested so

Re: [PLUG] "sold as 16GB" PNY flash drives store >30GB

2023-05-29 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
y for more than around 30 years. Ted -Original Message- From: PLUG On Behalf Of John Jason Jordan Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2023 1:10 PM To: plug@pdxlinux.org Subject: Re: [PLUG] "sold as 16GB" PNY flash drives store >30GB On Sun, 28 May 2023 00:37:28 -0700 Keith Lofstrom dijo: >

Re: [PLUG] "sold as 16GB" PNY flash drives store >30GB

2023-05-28 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sun, 28 May 2023 00:37:28 -0700 Keith Lofstrom dijo: >I bought a "PNY 16GB Attaché 3 USB 2.0 Flash Drive 10-Pack" >from Amazon for $27.98, to transfer files from some ancient >CentOS machines to replacement Debian machines. > >The four I've tested so far format to more than 30GB (!!!) >of ext3

[PLUG] "sold as 16GB" PNY flash drives store >30GB

2023-05-28 Thread Keith Lofstrom
I bought a "PNY 16GB Attaché 3 USB 2.0 Flash Drive 10-Pack" from Amazon for $27.98, to transfer files from some ancient CentOS machines to replacement Debian machines. The four I've tested so far format to more than 30GB (!!!) of ext3 file systems. Hard to believe, so I read/write- tested two of