Re: what to do with USB stick that gives badblocks errors
deloptes <emanoil.kotsev@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.
> 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
> Should I throw it away?
Yes.
When even the lowly and beyond-cheap flash controller of a USB stick
throws external errors, then it is time to just throw it away.
> If no should I try reformat it
No.
S!
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Sigmentation fault. Core dumped.
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