On 7 Jan 2020 03:17:04 GMT, PaulRS wrote:
:>I have a Thumb-Drive to which I can no longer save any files as it
:>complains that the "Extended Attributes file is corrupt." Is there
:>any way to either work around this or fix the EA file?
On the 2G or greater USB stick I use, anytime I copy a file from OS/2
to it I also get a .EA file with the same name. These are visible in
Linux. I always delete them, have not seen any negative effects. I use
formatted-as-disk, with 1 partition.
It could be that if the stick is FAT16 formatted, the .EAs are in a
separate file, can't remember. If it is formatted as a large floppy,
then I don't know.
Suggestion: Make a backup of the data on the stick, test the backup to
see if all files are there, on the backup delete all .EA files
(preferable on non-OS/2), then see if the backup works for writing
again.
Mat