<html><head></head><body><div dir="auto">Surely mmcblk1 is a partition. The command 'mmc extcsd read' expects a device.<br><br>Ultimately I think you have reached decision time. Repair, replace or some measure to keep it functioning. Your choice!<br>Regards<br>Alan Gray<br></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto">On 9 January 2024 01:35:23 GMT, Rhys Sage via Swlug <swlug@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail"><div dir="auto">Good Heavens, I had no idea EMMC was a separate thing from an SSD. Well, I installed MMC-Utils. Doing that, it suggested I used sudo apt autoremove to remove unused installation files. That is reportedly freeing 3GB of space<br><br>Using mmc extcsd read /dev/mmcblk1 I go an error that said:<br>open: No such file or directory<br><br>Curious and I would follow further but it's 8:35pm and a little past my bedtime give my 4AM starts and 12 hour working day.<br><br><br>Rhys Sage<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>On Monday, 8 January 2024 at 15:35:52 GMT-5, Jonathan Marsden <jmarsden@fastmail.fm> wrote: <br><br><br><br><br><br>Rhys,<br><br>The Sandisk DF4064 is a 64GB EMMC drive. So not exactly SSD, not exactly SDcard. I suspect that to run useful hardware diagnostics on it, you will have to use software that is specifically designed to test EMMC drives.<br><br>Jonathan<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="auto">My built-in SSD comes up as a DF4064 and is listed somewhat curiously <br>under SD Card reader in the Disks utility. <br><br>I understood SSDs would automatically bar bad blocks from being used. <br><br>I just looked at a video of some guy replacing the SSD on his e203M. It <br>seems a simple process. The trouble is that the battery is also not <br>much good any more and the letters are rubbing off the keyboard. All of <br>those are replaceable but at $40 for a SSD, goodness knows how much for <br>the battery and for the keyboard, I'd be well on the way toward the <br>price of a brand new Asus with up to date equipment (CPU etc).<br><br>Maybe I just need to get a pretty big memory stick, assign it to backup <br>for my E203MA (I have another Asus that is used solely for writing <br>books, video processing and programming. Then when the E203MA finally <br>falls on its face, just get a new laptop to replace it.<br><br>Rhys Sage<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>On Monday, 8 January 2024 at 07:00:05 GMT-5, <br>swlug-request@mailman.lug.org.uk <swlug-request@mailman.lug.org.uk> <br>wrote: <br><br><br><br><br><br>Send Swlug mailing list submissions to<br> swlug@mailman.lug.org.uk<br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br> <a href="https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/swlug">https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/swlug</a><br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br> swlug-request@mailman.lug.org.uk<br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br> swlug-owner@mailman.lug.org.uk<br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of Swlug digest..."<br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Re: Mysterious errors (Alan Gray)<br>Hello Rhys,<br>I took a quick look online which seems to suggest this model was fitted <br>with a Sandisk DA4064 64GB eMMC. There was a suggestion it might be <br>soldered in place. When you say it has SSD did you mean it is a <br>removable SATA SSD?<br><br>These things can vary over the life of the machine. It seems likely, <br>having regard to age, that the storage 'drive' is failing. Can you <br>change it?<br>Regards<br>Alan Gray<br><br><br>On 8 January 2024 00:52:12 GMT, Rhys Sage via Swlug <br><swlug@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #ad7fa8; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="auto"> Matt, it's running off an SSD. The e203MA which I'm using has an onboard 60GB SSD. There is an SD slot but I don't have SD currently inserted.Rhys Sage<br></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><hr>Swlug mailing list<br>Swlug@mailman.lug.org.uk<br></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="auto"><a href="https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/swlug">https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/swlug</a><br><br><div class="k9mail-signature">-- <br>Swlug mailing list<br>Swlug@mailman.lug.org.uk<br><a href="https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/swlug">https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/swlug</a><br></div></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><br><div class="k9mail-signature">-- <br>Swlug mailing list<br>Swlug@mailman.lug.org.uk<br><a href="https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/swlug">https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/swlug</a><br></div></div></pre></blockquote></div></body></html>