On Wednesday 23 April 2008 17:56, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > For this one I'd rather have an ext3 partition, if I
can't recover it.
>
> then I suggest more along the lines of:
> mke2fs -v -c -c -j -L AnneWilsonPendrive /dev/devicepartition
>
> '-c -c' -- Check the device for bad blocks before creating the file
> system. using a slower, read-write test instead of a fast read-only
> test.
I used that, and now I have the new partition, ext3. However, although it
lists, it says I can't write to it.
brwxrwx--- 1 anne users 8, 49 Apr 23 20:37 /dev/sdd1
I'm trying to copy a directory 'Packages' from my desktop to the daneElec.
That gives
Access denied to /media/DaneElec/Packages.
if done in the gui, or
cp: cannot create regular file `/media/DaneElec/zsh-4.3.4-7.fc9.i386.rpm':
Permission denied
if done from the CLI. What am Imissing?
If the pendrive really has bad blocks, I'd trash it. Bad blocks
on a
disk are one thing (e.g. local magnetization defect) but on a memory
stick it means there's an electronics problem and it's going to bite
sometime down the line.
Nothing was reported.
Flash memory is not infinitely rewriteable and will start to fail
the
more you use it. Is this an old or much-used pendrive by any chance?
It's brand new.
Of course we're assuming the I/O error in this case is actually
caused
by a physical defect, which is by no means definite.
I don't think it was physical. I think I had a file or folder that was in the
process of creation when it lost contact.
Anne