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On 30/09/2023 06:55, David W. Hodgins wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Sep 2023 23:55:37 -0400, Rockinghorse Winner
> <
Rockinghorse@amgen.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2023-09-11, Carlos E. R. <
robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>>> On 2023-09-10 12:21, candycanearter07 wrote:
>>>> On 8/16/23 08:03, Marco Moock wrote:
>>>>> Am 16.08.2023 um 14:02:32 Uhr schrieb db:
>>>>>
>>>>>> How do I best (and fastest) format a USB stick with a format
>>>>>> that will allow copying files of any size onto it?
>>>>>> Preferably using a typed in command from the console.
>>>>>> I run Kubuntu 23.04.
>>>>>
>>>>> fsck. /dev/sdX
>>>>>
>>>>> Be aware that formatting doesn`t delete all blocks on the device, some
>>>>> data will be recoverable.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you want to clear the hard drive, just do
>>>> sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX status=progress
>>>>
>>>> BE VERY CAREFUL
>>>
>>> Do notice that an USB stick has limited write operations, so this does
>>> kill some life expectancy.
>>>
>>> And it is very slow.
>>>
>>
>> Does that apply to USB3 stick?
>
> A usb3 stick is faster than usb or usb2, but still slow compared to a
> spinning
> rust drive or an ssd.
>
> Regards, Dave Hodgins
A great deal of interesting stuff here
https://superuser.com/questions/253579/why-are-usb-flash-drives-so-much-slower-t
han-ssds
Probably best summarised as `because largely they are cheap shit`
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