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   On 10/11/2023 4:04 PM, bilsch01 wrote:   
   > On 10/10/2023 6:59 PM, 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?   
   >>   
   >> Rufus 'ordinary' (quick, not quick, and check for bad blocks - but not   
   zero) format will probably (highly likely) format it.  If I want to zero you   
   could use diskpart after rufus formats it.   
   >>   
   >> Personally, I would just Rufus quick, not not-quick, not check bad blocks   
   and not zero.   
   >>   
   >> Rufus is Win, small, free, and doesn't need install.  It is also VERY good   
   Win tool for writing linux .iso/s to USB more than one way; hybrid or   
   dd-style.  And can even do a form of persistence for some .iso/s.   
   >>   
   > 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. 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 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.   
   >   
   > Thanks for your answer about Rufus. Actually, the reason I know about Rufus   
   is because you told me about it years ago on usenet.   
      
   This is a blurb from my notes.   
      
   *******   
   If you find Ubuntu booting slowly, because it searches for btrfs, mdadm,   
   this is caused by an invalid swap UUID. (This happens when you install   
   a second copy of Linux and swap is re-formatted.)   
      
   Your options are   
      
   Option 1   
      
      Edit /etc/fstab and correct the blkid of swap.   
      
   Option 2   
      
       Initramfs also has a swap check.   
      
       open /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume   
       replace RESUME=UUID=xxx with RESUME=none  (or use the correct blkid!)   
       issue sudo update-initramfs -u   
       reboot your system   
      
       I did an update-grub just in case.   
      
       Another modification you could make, is /etc/default/grub   
       and change "quiet splash" to "quiet splash noresume" then update-grub.   
      
       It all depends on whether you want hibernation support, as to   
       which direction you go with the modifications. (Correct the BLKID, or   
       just blow the silly stuff away with noresume.)   
      
   *******   
      
   Now, I checked how my Ubuntu 22.04 is configured on the other machine.   
   Shocked I was.   
      
   /etc/default/grub   
      GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=menu   
      GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="noresume"   
   /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume   
      RESUME=UUID=f64d8e53-de8f-4f9a-b8e1-2fe07e66cfde  <=== matches no BLKID,   
   sounds like an old swap value   
                                                             I am a bad monkey,   
   for not taking my own advice.   
      
   And that was, in fact, the swap partition UUID when Ubuntu was first installed.   
      
   So it looks like, on the monitor to the left of me, that Ubuntu OS   
   used the boot-line "noresume" to bypass the fact I had not   
   corrected using   update-initramfs -u  .   
      
      Paul   
      
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