Am Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 12:53:42AM -0500 schrieb Philip Webb: > 250218 Grant Edwards wrote: > > On 2025-02-18, Philip Webb <purs...@ca.inter.net> wrote: > >> So both sticks are genuine, as I would expect from that store. > > Have you tried just doing mkfs.ext4 [options] /dev/sdb? > > You only want one filesystem, right? Why bother with a partition table > > if you don't want to partition the device? > > It had an M$ partition when I bought it. I replaced that with 4 partitions > because using a 2/3.2 port took > 10 h to write a 256 GB filesystem & fail, > whereas it took only 2 h 45 m to write a 64 GB partition & fail. > > FYI I bought 4 Kingston 128 GB sticks in 2023 & had no problem with them. > At that time, the store didn't offer 256 GB sticks.
BTW, in case you come into this position again that you need mobile storage. I recommend an external USB case with an NVMe SSD inside. This may not be as compact and not as cheap, but they are much much much faster and prolly longer-lasting than any USB “stick”, b/c their flash controllers are more sophisticated and the parts of higher fidelity. A not-too-cheap NVMe will do fine, as long as it’s TLC, not QLC flash. And when used behind USB, an on-board DRAM cache is beneficial if you deal with many small files. A good metal case with 10 Gbps USB is around 20 bucks, and the older Kioxia Exceria G2 with 500 GB and DRAM can be had for 35 € on the Old Continent’s market. No idea about Canadian prices though. -- Grüße | Greetings | Salut | Qapla’ Please do not share anything from, with or about me on any social network. Latin: the late revenge of the Romans to all Germans.
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