From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 16 Nov 2025 22:20:50 -0500, Paul wrote:   
      
   > On Sun, 11/16/2025 9:47 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>   
   >> An issue I have found more than once, is that USB sticks can get   
   >> very slow as you try to fill them.   
   >>   
   > And they can die, right before your very eyes when they do that.   
   >   
   > They seem to slow on write, down to the 1.5MB/sec to 3.0MB/sec   
   > range. And maybe the next day you plug it in, and it doesn't work   
   > any more.   
      
   I have had SD cards do that, but not USB sticks, so far.   
      
   I have been mitigating the write-speed problem somewhat, by dd-ing the   
   stick to an image file, mounting that, filling it with files, and then   
   dd-ing the image back to the stick.   
      
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