I plug in a USB pen drive, and launch dd to copy an iso image. # dd bs=4M if=debian-live-7.6.0-amd64-rescue.iso of=/dev/sdi && sync dd: opening `/dev/sdi': Read-only file system Is there a way to force it to mount read-write ? Cheers, Ron. -- We'll cross that bridge when we come back to it later. -- http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org --