With regard to suspect device; I found this useful web page for checking the block integrity of USB sticks: https://superuser.com/questions/376274/how-to-check-the-physical-health-of-a-usb-stick-in-linux#376278. A test with a very ol...
With regard to suspect device; I found this useful web page for checking the block integrity of USB sticks: https://superuser.com/questions/376274/how-to-check-the-physical-health-of-a-usb-stick-in-linux#376278. A test with a very old 1GB USB stick gave this:
keith@T500:~$ umount /dev/sdb1
keith@T500:~$ sudo badblocks -nvs /dev/sdb1
...
