From: MikeE@ster.invalid   
      
   bilsch01 wrote:   
   > Mike Easter wrote:   
   >> bilsch01 wrote:   
   >>> Windows wont format the drive because it says it's read only, however   
   >>> DISKPART tells me it's not read only. Can't I just zero fill it and   
   >>> start over?   
   >>   
   >> Personally, I would just Rufus quick, not not-quick, not check bad   
   >> blocks and not zero.   
   >>   
   > I had looked at Rufus to start with, however it seemed Rufus didn't like   
   > the flash drive, so I decided to zero fill it - which I just did.   
      
   Yes; occsly I've had to go 'outside' Rufus for a problem stick which has   
   included w/ linux and zero.  Not very often.  It seems like the last   
   time I zero/ed a USB was using an 'ancient' Hiren's classic which has   
   tools from XP, linux, and dos on it.  I don't recall what I used.   
      
   > Next I used current version of Rufus off of the web to make the drive   
   > a Ubuntu 22.04.03 installer using the downloaded Ubuntu iso. That   
   > worked, but Rufus warned that maybe the version of Grub (that Rufus   
   > would use) might not be absolutely compatible with the installer.   
   I'm not familiar w/ such an experience.  It interests me enough that I   
   think I'll dust off the laptop that has W10 on it which is the only   
   thing I have that can run the current Rufus 4.2 and see what happens if   
   I write the Ub 22.04.03 with it.  The newest Rufus is '23 Jul and that   
   Ub is '23 Aug.  Usually if Rufus 'alerts' on something, it is about the   
   syslinux and it has a 'stockpile' of versions online that it can fetch   
   for itself if needed.   
      
   > I went ahead anyway. The drive boots the 'Try Ubuntu' option fine.   
   > But maybe a system installed with the drive might have a Grub   
   > problem. I decided I won't use the installer to install right now.   
   >   
   > The reason I'm doing all this is I want to delete the SWAP partition   
   > I put on my HDD when I installed my 20.04 system, and I heard that   
   > current version of Ubuntu uses a SWAP file instead. There is a SWAP   
   > file even on my 20.04 system, but I have concerns. I wrote a post on   
   > comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage about that.   
   >   
   I think the user/installer should decide how he wants to handle the swap   
   himself.   
      
   I always 'prepare' my install place myself w/ GPartEd before I start the   
   installer.  In the past I was uncertain about how the installer was   
   going to 'present' things to me, so by just using GPartEd and setting   
   things up for myself, I knew better what was going on.   
      
   > Thanks for your answer about Rufus. Actually, the reason I know about   
   > Rufus is because you told me about it years ago on usenet.   
      
      
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   Mike Easter   
      
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