Unable to mount USB Flash Drive after using it as swap memory [SOLVED]
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Unable to mount USB Flash Drive after using it as swap memory [SOLVED]
I'm unable to mount my USB flash drive after using it as swap memory.
I'm still able to use it as swap memory, but unable to mount it.
How do I mount it
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Re: Unable to mount USB Flash Drive after using it as swap memory
I thought it was impossible to use a USB drive as swap, but aside from that uncertainty, I suspect you may need to create a new filesystem, probably fat using command mkfs.fat or more easily perhaps using gparted.
If you simply need to use it as a mass-storage device you can also use mkusb, https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb which is also used to create bootable USB devices with which you can, for example, install a Linux distro iso image file.
If you simply need to use it as a mass-storage device you can also use mkusb, https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb which is also used to create bootable USB devices with which you can, for example, install a Linux distro iso image file.
Re: Unable to mount USB Flash Drive after using it as swap memory
ajgreeny wrote: ⤴Tue Dec 15, 2020 5:39 pm I thought it was impossible to use a USB drive as swap, but aside from that uncertainty, I suspect you may need to create a new filesystem, probably fat using command mkfs.fat or more easily perhaps using gparted.
If you simply need to use it as a mass-storage device you can also use mkusb, https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb which is also used to create bootable USB devices with which you can, for example, install a Linux distro iso image file.
sudo mkfs.vfat /dev/sdb1
worked!Thanks, ajgreeny!