From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (woodpecker.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 113171582EF for ; Mon, 17 Feb 2025 16:41:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.gentoo.org (bobolink.gentoo.org [140.211.166.189]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: relay-lists.gentoo.org@gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D28A6343260 for ; Mon, 17 Feb 2025 16:40:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bobolink.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bobolink.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9381611047D; Mon, 17 Feb 2025 16:38:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nedmail.networkned.co.uk (nedmail.networkned.co.uk [172.104.159.71]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by bobolink.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4C1CC1103A8 for ; Mon, 17 Feb 2025 16:38:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpclient.apple (87-196-75-185.net.novis.pt [87.196.75.185]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by nedmail.networkned.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 79C9024AF5 for ; Mon, 17 Feb 2025 16:38:53 +0000 (UTC) From: Stroller Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3774.500.171.1.1\)) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] problem formatting new 256 GB USB stick Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2025 16:38:22 +0000 References: To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <3354C2E2-6DC9-48B9-A764-5D22057936A6@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3774.500.171.1.1) X-Archives-Salt: 71c34f20-5194-49bc-b8c8-1295b05e41ee X-Archives-Hash: e622beb630031f950769194329be3a9d > On 15 Feb 2025, at 07:41, Philip Webb wrote: > ... > Has anyone else encountered this ? Does anyone have suggestions ? Create multiple large files on your desktop PC. You could use movie = files if you have a small number of large enough files handy. I would = prefer 5 files of about 45GB, and I would create them using `for i in = {1..5} ; do dd if=3D/dev/random of=3Drandom$i ; done` and a file size = specifier to dd. md5sum the files, copy them to the drive and md5sum the copies. Do the = md5sums match up? I think there's a good chance they won't.=