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rsync error code 10 or 11 when trying to full install Lubuntu 22.04 on a 512 GB USB flash drive

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I am a newbie here. I first started using Linux with Lubuntu on my old Lenovo 11e Chromebook that has only 16GB internal memory. I was quickly running out of space, so I decided to load it onto a a 32GB SanDisk flash drive. That was good except it feels like with updates, etc. I'm running out of space again, so I decided to buy some cheap 512GB flash drives online. Unfortunately when I try and load Lubuntu onto those drives I get so far with the installation process and then this message comes up.

Installation failed

rsync failed with error code 11 (or sometimes 10)

^{Failed to unpack image "/cdrom/casper/filesystem.squashfs"}

I have tried everything I can think of. I've downloaded the image onto one of the the 512GB flash drives and tried to install it from them (it will again install on a a SanDisk 32GB flash drive but not onto another 512GB flash drive. I've formatted the drives using the Disks utility and the KDE Partition Manager, but I had no luck. Trying a larger SanDisk flash drive is the next step, but I'd rather not have to buy one unless I really need to (especially because I'm not 100% sure that it would work), and I wonder if anyone might have any other ideas on how I might get Lubuntu to install on the ones I already have. They seem to work fine when storing other data (they didn't come with any label, but are identified within various partition management utilities as either general disk or vendor product).

I have searched in different forums for answers which led me up a couple of blind alleys such as persistent live flash drives.

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answered 2 Years ago serveeel · Accepted Answer

Rsync error code 11 indicates that the Disk Space is Full

or the system is unable to detect the external drive

"some cheap 512GB flash drives online" sounds like they may be fake 512GB flash drives. Fake flash drives and SSD's are quite common.

Back when 16GB flash drives were expensive, I bought a Kinston Traveler from a hawker outside a New Deli computer store. The packaging was perfect and the drive looked perfect. I took it back to the hotel room and discovered that it was hollow inside. I take it with me when I travel.

A few years later I got a great deal on a 128GB flash drive from Amazon, it checked out okay on Gnome Disks but it only lasted one day.

Saw an ad on Amazon last week for a 16TB SSD's for $100. That ended up just being a USB external enclosure with a 64GB Micro SD card inside.

f3 is recommended for checking for fake flash drives: https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/bionic/man1/f3read.1.html

If you get the flash drives working see also: https://askubuntu.com/a/1403793/43926

If you do not get it working, it might be good to carry on your keychain, like I do, as a reminder about deals that are too good to be true...

I like running Ubuntu from flash drives. Ubuntu will run in RAM if you have enough of it. RAM is much faster than SSD except when reading or writing to disk.