Re: Bad USB drive?

2022-01-01 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 1/1/22 01:16, Michael D. Setzer II via users wrote: Went to site, and tried to buy 3 of the 256G flashes, but on checkout it failed to support my address here in Guam (US Territory). It only seems to list the 50 states?? try amazon ___ users

Re: Bad USB drive?

2022-01-01 Thread Tim via users
Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> what ever became of solid IBM clicky keyboards? :) ToddAndMargo: > https://www.pckeyboard.com > > They emulate an IBM Selectric typewriter. I > ABORE these keyboards. I bet they don't... The Selectric typewriter had a unique feel to it, no click as the key was

Re: Bad USB drive?

2022-01-01 Thread Michael D. Setzer II via users
:Re: Bad USB drive? To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org Send reply to: Community support for Fedora users From: ToddAndMargo via users Copies to: ToddAndMargo > On 12/31/21 20:35, Tim via users wrote: > > On Fri, Dec

Re: Bad USB drive?

2022-01-01 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 12/31/21 20:35, Tim via users wrote: On Fri, Dec 31, 2021 at 9:10 AM Robert Moskowitz: I never use flash drives for any kind of backup purposes. The things have multiple failures (wearing out, electronic breakdown, static electricity, mechanically falling apart, getting scrambled by a PC

Re: Bad USB drive?

2022-01-01 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 12/31/21 08:09, Robert Moskowitz wrote: what ever became of solid IBM clicky keyboards? :) https://www.pckeyboard.com They emulate an IBM Selectric typewriter. I ABORE these keyboards. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To

Re: Bad USB drive?

2022-01-01 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 12/21/21 17:39, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I have a 32Gb USB stick that is not showing up gparted. I insert it and I see it in /dev as sdb.  No partitions. I tried fdisk: # fdisk -l /dev/sdb fdisk: cannot open /dev/sdb: No medium found Is this dead?  Is there some other tool I can use to

Re: Bad USB drive?

2021-12-31 Thread Tim via users
On Fri, Dec 31, 2021 at 9:10 AM Robert Moskowitz: >> It has been sitting in my "backed up" bin for over a year. I >> backed up something to it and now it is dead. >> >> Typically I back up something important with a double backup, On Fri, 2021-12-31 at 19:59 -0700, Chris Murphy wrote: > Yeah

Re: Bad USB drive?

2021-12-31 Thread Chris Murphy
On Fri, Dec 31, 2021 at 9:10 AM Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > > > On 12/31/21 00:22, Chris Murphy wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 22, 2021 at 2:03 PM Robert Moskowitz > > wrote: > >> so something killed it and since tomorrow is garbage day... > >> > >> Sigh. that was a good $8 down the drain. > > Return

Re: Bad USB drive?

2021-12-31 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 12/31/21 00:22, Chris Murphy wrote: On Wed, Dec 22, 2021 at 2:03 PM Robert Moskowitz wrote: so something killed it and since tomorrow is garbage day... Sigh. that was a good $8 down the drain. Return it. Don't let people steal from you. Used a credit card? Report it. Do a charge back.

Re: Bad USB drive?

2021-12-30 Thread Chris Murphy
On Wed, Dec 22, 2021 at 2:03 PM Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > so something killed it and since tomorrow is garbage day... > > Sigh. that was a good $8 down the drain. Return it. Don't let people steal from you. Used a credit card? Report it. Do a charge back. You have 60 days from the date the

Re: Bad USB drive?

2021-12-22 Thread Robert Moskowitz
so something killed it and since tomorrow is garbage day... Sigh.  that was a good $8 down the drain. On 12/22/21 15:39, Roger Heflin wrote: It never showed a size, so if there is anything connected to it that still works, then the controller no longer sees it or knows about it.  The media

Re: Bad USB drive?

2021-12-22 Thread Roger Heflin
It never showed a size, so if there is anything connected to it that still works, then the controller no longer sees it or knows about it. The media removed is what you would see on a device you would plug a sd memory card into with no card connected. On Wed, Dec 22, 2021, 9:16 AM Robert

Re: Bad USB drive?

2021-12-22 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 12/21/21 23:33, Mauricio Tavares wrote: On Tue, Dec 21, 2021 at 8:42 PM Robert Moskowitz wrote: I have a 32Gb USB stick that is not showing up gparted. I insert it and I see it in /dev as sdb. No partitions. I tried fdisk: # fdisk -l /dev/sdb fdisk: cannot open /dev/sdb: No medium

Re: Bad USB drive?

2021-12-22 Thread Tim via users
On Wed, 2021-12-22 at 16:18 +1000, Michael D. Setzer II wrote: > Install package f3 and run the f3probe. > Probable a fake flash. Bought an 8g flash that was too > cheap. It comes up originally as 4 2T usb devices, but the > f3probe calls it as fake, and reports it as 4 about 64G > devices so

Re: Bad USB drive?

2021-12-21 Thread Michael D. Setzer II via users
that they keep pushing and getting bigger and bigger. On 21 Dec 2021 at 23:33, Mauricio Tavares wrote: From: Mauricio Tavares Date sent: Tue, 21 Dec 2021 23:33:10 -0500 Subject:Re: Bad USB drive? To: Community support for Fedora users

Re: Bad USB drive?

2021-12-21 Thread Mauricio Tavares
On Tue, Dec 21, 2021 at 8:42 PM Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > I have a 32Gb USB stick that is not showing up gparted. > > I insert it and I see it in /dev as sdb. No partitions. > > I tried fdisk: > > # fdisk -l /dev/sdb > fdisk: cannot open /dev/sdb: No medium found > > > Is this dead? Is there

Bad USB drive?

2021-12-21 Thread Robert Moskowitz
I have a 32Gb USB stick that is not showing up gparted. I insert it and I see it in /dev as sdb.  No partitions. I tried fdisk: # fdisk -l /dev/sdb fdisk: cannot open /dev/sdb: No medium found Is this dead?  Is there some other tool I can use to get it working?  If there was ever anything