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New data- it is a combination of the drive and the file system. Bought a new 256 GB Kingston Data Traveler Max Type A based on an internet speed test page that I can no longer find. They claimed over 900 MB/s. Copying a single 2.2 GB file onto the as-delivered vfat formatted with rsync -v gave 318 ...

Thanks, folks for all the help. I have tried 4 USB devices now, with results that really surprised me but seems to put the topic to rest. Using rsync -v to transfer a single 1.4 GB file. Using the dirty_... values suggested in old thread. Kingston DT microDuo 3C 13.5 MBPS Generic freeby from ...

System: Kernel: 5.10.0-27-amd64 [5.10.205-2] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-27-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash Desktop: Xfce 4.18.1 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.18.0 vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21.3_x64 Wildflower ...

System: Kernel: 5.10.0-27-amd64 [5.10.205-2] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-27-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash Desktop: Xfce 4.18.1 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.18.0 vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21.3_x64 Wildflower ...

Thanks again, I added one 42 GB subdirectory of /home to the exclude list and it ran to completion. Per the completion prompt, I guess I now need to run Live USB Maker to produce a bootable medium on ANOTHER big USB stick. Log appended for fun: 2023-02-19 19:17:17.019 DBG default: mx-snapshot ...

Here is the log. I had to delets some lines to fit the 60K char forum limit. 2023-02-19 12:00:14.074 DBG default: mx-snapshot version: 23.1.01 2023-02-19 12:00:14.083 DBG default: grep -oP '(?<=DISTRIB_ID=).*' /etc/lsb-release 2023-02-19 12:00:14.086 DBG default: cut -f1 -d'_' /etc/antix-version ...

Thanks for the explanation, fehlix and Adrian. However... I spoke of success too soon. It ran for about 4 hours, USB stick blinking like crazy, then failed. Still complaining about not enough space in /home. I looked everywhere for a shapshot log file & could not find, but it was invoked from a ...

Sorry- should have been posted to Tips & Tricks, but I can't figure out how to move it. Hello. I believe I've found out something worth communicating as a "Tip or Trick". If you want to make a personal system snapshot directly to a USB stick, it appears that the stick cannot be FAT-formatted. Mx ...

Success! The system boots and runs after following fehlix's last posted instructions. The only thing wrong is that there is no GRUB menu with the usual options. Blank screen instead, but after the usual 5 seconds or whatever it is, it boots the installed system. This is not a big deal since system ...

OK, fehlix, I confirm that /boot on the installed MX-21 root drive is empty. Proceeding cautiously, I look at the synaptic package manager (to avoid possible typos with command line installers). It shows linux-image-5.10.0-13-amd64 5.10.106-1 as the installed kernel. (At least, I think that's what ...