Wanting to switch DE with reinstalling but I can't backup my files to a flash drive

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I wouldn’t know; I just use Linux since I find it snappier compared to my Windows 10.

Going back to konsole, I found that I can use my up key to find all the inputs I’ve used when I first tried to remedy the issue. Is there any way I can export them so you can take a look?

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Sure.

history > myhistory.txt

If you want to share it I suggest using a pastebin-like command, ex: 
cat myhistory.txt | curl -F 'file=@-' https://0x0.st

Related tutorial:
No-Install public command-line pastebin services

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The second command assumes you ran the first.
cat outputs a files contents.
the | and everything after it is sending it to 0x0.st, a pastebin-like service.

The first one simply outputs the command history (which will show you your command history) to a local file of ‘myhistory.txt’.

So, assuming you made the file, then the second command is ‘read this - sending the content to 0x0’.
You could also skip all that and mix the two - history | curl -F 'file=@-' https://0x0.st.
(‘piping’ history directly the the 0x0 share)

I hope that makes it more clear.
(please see the link I left in the previous post)

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Where is the myhistory.txt stored? There are lines I want to delete just for privacy reasons. If not, then no issue.

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As no path was provided, it should be right in ‘current directory’ (pwd for print working directory).
By default, if you just opened a terminal, that would usually be your HOME.

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Also, for being unable to edit a flash drive, this solution Advice Needed regarding Sudo/Permissions helped me. It used sudo chown username -R directory

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https://0x0.st/i7oX.txt here you go!

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Yeah … its about ownership … its in the docs and there are multiple threads on it because people skip the ones already existing.

EDIT. From your previous post …
Can you also share the contents of /etc/fstab ? Maybe thats where this is stemming from.

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The links before weren’t helping and every time I did a google search about “manjaro can’t access flash drive (or usb)” it would be about installing not about permissions and flash drive storage management.

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# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a device; this may
# be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices that works even if
# disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system>             <mount point>  <type>  <options>  <dump>  <pass>
UUID=9f99869b-17dc-4da5-aaff-a26a1ad672c4   /                                ext4   noatime    0 1 
/dev/sdb1                                   /run/media/brandonef/BRANDON'S   vfat   defaults   0 0
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thats why.
but you are going to wipe and clean install anyways, so I suppose it doesnt matter.

(PS… you generally do not want to use anything other than UUID in fstab … things like sdb can change)

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Just so I don’t make this mistake, if possible on GNOME, what did I do wrong and how to fix it if you don’t mind telling me? Thanks so much and in advance.

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Its nothing super wrong.
You just set the device in fstab … which means the system expects the device to be there.
(also see my warning about not using relative titles like ‘/dev/sda’ as identifiers - they are not reliable)

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If I understand correctly, you want to use the drive as both install media and backup. Install lutris ventoy to the drive, copy your ISO and create a directory for your files.

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So do I delete the line with /dev/sdb1?

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Yup.
You will still be able to mount the drive … it just wont be mounted automatically at login and the system wont expect it to always be there.

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Searching lutris gives me a gaming platform.

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Maybe they meant ventoy?

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That will allow me to put files on the drive and still use it to install Manjaro GNOME?

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seems so. I have never used it.