10-08-2017, 09:10 AM
Two updates:-
1. The USB stick permissions from right-clicking the desktop icon that appears read (now anyway):-
Owner: root (root)
Access: Read & Write
Group: root
Access: None
Others: None
Which is why I'm guessing gparted run from the menu is not offering any formatting options.
Unfortunately, I don't know how to sudo run gparted from the terminal; or being new to linux still how to even change the permissions in the terminal back to me.
2. I can burn to DVD on the laptop, so I am at least able to backup that way for now (and they verified from SHA-256 after burn). If that finalized the DVD then that downgrades the urgency of this for me for now.
1. The USB stick permissions from right-clicking the desktop icon that appears read (now anyway):-
Owner: root (root)
Access: Read & Write
Group: root
Access: None
Others: None
Which is why I'm guessing gparted run from the menu is not offering any formatting options.
Unfortunately, I don't know how to sudo run gparted from the terminal; or being new to linux still how to even change the permissions in the terminal back to me.
2. I can burn to DVD on the laptop, so I am at least able to backup that way for now (and they verified from SHA-256 after burn). If that finalized the DVD then that downgrades the urgency of this for me for now.
Don't worry about artificial intelligence. Worry about natural stupidity. 