My thanks to everybody who has responded here. I think the
prudent thing to do is use a new SSD card and I have one that is
supposed to be a full 32 gb. The card I was able to finally
clear the partitions on is several years old but I think it is
still good but the suggestion to use it in a less mission
critical application is a good idea plus it is not a full 32 gb.
I have a radio receiver that can store information on one
of these cards and I'll use it for that since if there turns out
to be a bad cell somewhere, the world won't end like it can if
one's kernel or sector information becomes corrupted if it
happens to land in a vital piece of code.
Again, many thanks.
Martin McCormick
