[gentoo-user] problem formatting new 256 GB USB stick : more info

[Philip Webb <purslow@ca.inter.net>]

I successfully formatted one of the partitions which failed with Ext2 as Vfat.
I was able to mount it, create a file with words in it,
save it, list it via 'ls', browse it & then delete it, all using Gentoo.
This suggests that the problem isn't due to defective hardware,
but is somewhere in 'mke2fs' or related material.

Any observations are very welcome.

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