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> Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2015 01:23:15 -0400 > From: unicorn+lau@xxxxxxx > To: linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: OT: Bash help to check new USB keys. > > On Wed, Jul 08, 2015 at 04:54:52PM +0000, Kaza Kore wrote: > > I did ask this on the Ubuntu forum roughly a week ago but have had > > zero helpful replies off the "community" there so I hope you don't > > mind the off-topic (as far as audio goes) subject here. > > > > I have recently bought some large USB keys to use as backup storage to > > replace my old moving disk external hard drive. Due to the worry of > > the reports of fakes reporting to be large drives, even when plugged > > into the system, I wanted to test these before using them for real. > > Seems best way to do this is fill the drive up and check data for > > integrity. > > Someone else has already done the work for you. Check out F3 at > <http://oss.digirati.com.br/f3/>. The f3write and f3read programs will > do a thorough check that will take hours to complete. If you build the > experimental parts, you will also have an f3probe program that will do > a much faster test based on the author's knowledge of how fake flash > drives work. It will not only tell you the true size of the drive, > but will also tell you a command to run (using the included f3fix > program) to "fix" the drive, which doesn't actually fix it, but instead > creates a single partition that ends at the last good sector. Since it > tells you what that last good sector is, you can also repartition the > drive however you want, as long as all partitions end before that sector. > > Chuck > > -- Sounds perfect. I'll have a read on that today. Thanks, Dale. |
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