From: Michael <confabulate@kintzios.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] alternatives to USB sticks for reliable archiving
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2025 09:48:41 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3615554.iIbC2pHGDl@rogueboard> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Z7UwAiByayY6ayEj@ca.inter.net>
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On Wednesday 19 February 2025 01:12:34 Greenwich Mean Time Philip Webb wrote:
> 250219 Grant Edwards wrote:
> > If they start asking questions, just say: "I tried to format them on
> > my PC. It ran for 10 hours, then failed". It doesn't matter what they ask
> > apart from "cash refund, replacement or credit?", that's your answer.
>
> No, you're both quite wrong. "Both sticks came already formatted as 'msdos',
> so why were you trying to reformat them, Mr Customer ?
I smile at the mental gymnastics we have to go through to avoid being advised
to restart our PC ... :p
The answer to the hypothetical question the cocky shop assistant would ask is
to say you HAD TO format the stick because when you attempted to copy a couple
of 2GB file(s) it took many hours and it failed.
To confirm this would be the case you can just create a single /dev/sdb1
partition the size of the whole drive, format it[1], before you try to copy 5
or 6 large files, like e.g. a few full ISOs. Given what you've observed so
far I expect one or both of the sticks will fail.
Either way, Kingston will not ask such questions if you return them and should
readily replace them. Their DataTraveler sticks come with a 5 year warranty
and free technical support. In addition their data sheet states they work
with MSWindows, MacOS, Linux and ChromeOS. There are no caveats to avoid
partitioning and formatting them with any other fs type than what they arrived
with.
[1] Until recently MSWindows would not allow formatting a partition larger
than 32GB with FAT, but they increased this to 2TB on a Windows 11 update.
Therefore these sticks would probably have arrived with exFAT or NTFS
filesystem format on them.
BTW, the interwebs have posts by a number of disgruntled customers complaining
of glacial performance, so it seems you're not alone.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-02-19 9:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-02-15 7:41 [gentoo-user] problem formatting new 256 GB USB stick Philip Webb
2025-02-15 11:50 ` [gentoo-user] " Nuno Silva
2025-02-15 13:31 ` Michael
2025-02-16 2:37 ` Philip Webb
2025-02-16 9:08 ` Nuno Silva
2025-02-16 13:41 ` Michael
2025-02-16 14:48 ` Wols Lists
2025-02-17 23:12 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2025-02-18 11:53 ` Michael
2025-02-19 12:10 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2025-02-20 9:58 ` Michael
2025-02-16 22:57 ` [gentoo-user] problem formatting new 256 GB USB stick : more info Philip Webb
2025-02-17 0:17 ` [gentoo-user] " Nuno Silva
2025-02-17 0:39 ` [gentoo-user] " Michael
2025-02-17 3:43 ` Philip Webb
2025-02-17 9:18 ` Philip Webb
2025-02-17 12:02 ` Michael
2025-02-17 16:33 ` Stroller
2025-02-17 16:19 ` Wols Lists
2025-02-17 17:16 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2025-02-17 18:12 ` Michael
2025-02-18 3:46 ` [gentoo-user] Re: problem formatting new 256 GB USB stick : f3 Philip Webb
2025-02-18 4:43 ` Grant Edwards
2025-02-18 5:53 ` Philip Webb
2025-02-18 9:13 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2025-02-18 19:10 ` [gentoo-user] Re: problem formatting new 256 GB USB stick : alternatives Philip Webb
2025-02-18 21:18 ` Grant Edwards
2025-02-18 23:25 ` Michael
2025-02-19 12:16 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2025-02-19 12:20 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2025-02-20 10:47 ` Michael
2025-02-18 14:40 ` [gentoo-user] Re: problem formatting new 256 GB USB stick : f3 Grant Edwards
2025-02-18 17:00 ` Grant Edwards
2025-02-18 11:57 ` Michael
2025-02-18 18:54 ` [gentoo-user] Re: problem formatting new 256 GB USB stick : glances at gparted Philip Webb
2025-02-18 23:13 ` Michael
2025-02-19 0:47 ` Grant Edwards
2025-02-19 1:12 ` [gentoo-user] alternatives to USB sticks for reliable archiving Philip Webb
2025-02-19 2:28 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2025-02-19 9:48 ` Michael [this message]
2025-02-19 3:00 ` [gentoo-user] Re: problem formatting new 256 GB USB stick : glances at gparted eric
2025-02-20 18:18 ` Dale
2025-02-20 22:40 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2025-02-20 23:43 ` Grant Edwards
2025-02-21 8:10 ` Dale
2025-03-08 22:09 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2025-03-08 22:48 ` Dale
2025-03-09 10:31 ` Michael
2025-03-10 3:32 ` Dale
2025-03-10 13:01 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2025-02-17 16:38 ` [gentoo-user] problem formatting new 256 GB USB stick Stroller
2025-02-17 23:06 ` Frank Steinmetzger
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