Questions tagged [removable-storage]
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Permission denied using pv for copying image to USB drive
I am attempting to copy an Arch Linux ISO image directly to a USB drive. Previously, I have simply used either cp or dd to do this, such as: sudo cp image.iso /dev/sdb where /dev/sdb is the USB ...
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What happens if a root partition, mounted over USB, disconnects?
I have a laptop without an internal hard drive. To get some use out of it, I'm considering putting the root partition on external media, over USB. I can't see any reason this wouldn't work, but I ...
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Debian Bookworm - How to prevent block device seeking and probing when connected?
I have a small bootable system which requires access to storage devices, but not at the data level (i.e. just firmware commands), with the exception of a USB floppy drive whose data is accessed raw (...
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Solving the USB drive/mass storage stall issue
Sadly the issue reported and described here: Pernicious USB-stick stall problem. Reverting workaround fix? and Is "writeback throttling" a solution to the "USB-stick stall problem"?...
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Hide entries in grub menu when device is unavailable?
I have several menuentries in my grub2 menu, some of which point to removable devices (Ventoy, Windows, etc). Is there any way to configure grub to automatically and temporarily hide (or grey out, or ...
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How can I determine the rainbow book color of a CD on Linux?
I have put a CD into my drive. How can I find the rainbow book color on Linux (Red book/Yellow book/Blue book/...)?
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Corrupt sd card is seen by gnome-disks, but can't format
Somehow I can see the sd-card in gnome-disks as /dev/sda, but it won't show up in gparted. In gnome-disks it shows as a mass storage device with no media, or size, and it won't allow me to edit ...
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USB memory stick unmounts and vanishes
I bought this device a few days ago, and checked it with utility f3. It is ostensibly a Philips 256 memory stick, internally seen as an Bus 002 Device 034: ID 090c:2000 Silicon Motion, Inc. - Taiwan (...
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