On Tue, Nov 23, 2021, 7:56 AM deloptes <emanoil.kot...@deloptes.org> wrote:
> I'm sure there are many ideas around, but I want to hear your opinion > > so there is one USB stick that I noticed started mocking about errors when > booting off. > It's giving you more feedback than one of mine did. It just timed out on all I/O operations, during an attempted Mint 20 Install (making me think Mint was more Defective than it is. [Disclaimer: It does what it needs to do, and is good for a beginner]). Finally, I smelled a rat, aborted the Mint install and tried to read it on a different machine. I ran badblocks (without options) and then with -s -n and this produced a > slightly different output. > Is the output resulting from the options or is something really wrong with > the USB > They go bad often. I won't even purchase one from FedEx Office anymore, after so many of theirs failed. > > Should I throw it away? > I agree with the other response: Yes! > > If no should I try reformat it > Try that, only for the humor of it. (I would be surprised if it worked after that). > > thanks & regards > You too. > Kenneth Parker >
