>What kind of solid state 2 TB drive is this and how is it 'powered'? >It is looking like the drives aren't getting completely written to >before being removed as the ext4 error is a 'oh wait this drive >doesn't have everything I expected too late to give up aaaaaaaaaah' >type oops This is a Samsung 860 EVO 2TB. my connection is a cable that provides both power and data to the device over the USB 3.1 connection. Jerry