fdisk and I can double check with du and probably lsblk. -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Fri, 1 Sep 2023, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2023-08-31 at 20:06 -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > I used a flash drive earlier and removed it but now have an /dev/sdb drive > > with 8 megs size on the computer that remains after power is shut off when > > power is turned on again. > > How do you determine the size? > > If I connect an USB stick and then run... > > • rocketmouse@archlinux ~ > $ cd Desktop/ > • rocketmouse@archlinux ~/Desktop > $ mkdir mount_point_usb_stick > • rocketmouse@archlinux ~/Desktop > $ mount /dev/sdz2001 /home/rocketmouse/Desktop/mount_point_usb_stick/ > mount: /home/rocketmouse/Desktop/mount_point_usb_stick: must be superuser to use mount. > dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call. > > ...I missed that the USB stick wasn't mounted, but write something using the "mount point"... > > • rocketmouse@archlinux ~/Desktop > $ echo hallo > /home/rocketmouse/Desktop/mount_point_usb_stick/text.txt > > ...I'm quite sure it will be there after a reboot, without the USB stick > attached, since text.txt was written to the internal SSD. > > Just an idea! >
