On Sun, Feb 15, 2026 at 9:10 AM ToddAndMargo via users < [email protected]> wrote:
> On 2/15/26 04:27, Tim via users wrote: > > On Sun, 2026-02-15 at 03:55 -0800, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > >> Problem: it is a one shot use. I have to wipe and > >> reinstall the things every time I use it in the field. > >> As far as I can tell, something is royally corrupting > >> my /boot. It is a total pain in my neck. > >> > Can you duplicate the issue at home? You loop mount and compare drive images before and after to see where the changes occur and rewrite just those bytes. There are external NVMe cases that have a "read-only" switch -- see: https://www.kanguru.com/products/kanguru-ultralock-usb-c-m-2-nvme-external-solid-state-drive > >> So I am after a script I can run at my office to repair > >> my ability to boot. (Every thing else on the stick > >> is okay.) > >> > >> Even though I have wonderful directions on how and what > >> to reinstall Fedora on the stick, I am tired of it and > >> am in no mood to continue reinstalling every thing > >> every time I use it in the field. > > > > Well, the simplistic approach to recreating the same thing over and > > over, is to "dd" the entire drive (when it was in a working condition) > > to a file, and "dd" that file back to the drive. It's essentially a > > bitdump of everything, rather than handling individual things. > > The drive is 256GB. I do not have room. I use to do the dd thing > when I was using smaller drives. > > > > You may simply have a failing drive. > > I have had this issue with several flash drives of different > manufacturer. The current drive is an NVMe drive in a > usb-C carrier. > > There are external NVMe cases that have a "read-only" switch -- see: https://www.kanguru.com/products/kanguru-ultralock-usb-c-m-2-nvme-external-solid-state-drive > It could be that if you insert such a drive into a running version of > > Windows, it's doing whatever it wants and is modifying the drive in a > > corrupting way. > > I always make sure Widows is off before inserting. I do not > trust Windows. > > > You can get the same thing with inserting any USB or SD card into a PC > > running Windows, or even Android phones. Things get done by the OS for > > the sake of those operating systems doing things its own way. > > Are all the Windows systems on similar hardware? -- George N. White III
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