Re: usb read only
On 2015-08-30, atux <atux@null.net> wrote:
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> hello everyone.
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> i have a usb stick that it gets recognised as read only.
> how do i fix that issue, so i could format it and have a usable usb stick?
> i have tried with dosfsck -a without success
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> Disk /dev/sdb: 31.4 GB, 31449415680 bytes
> 19 heads, 19 sectors/track, 170151 cylinders, total 61424640 sectors
> Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x10635f1f
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> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sdb1 * 8064 61424639 30708288 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
> *root@netbook:~#* dosfsck -a /dev/sdb1
> dosfsck 3.0.13, 30 Jun 2012, FAT32, LFN
> open: Read-only file system
> *root@netbook:~#*
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> even gparted has it recognised as read only
Did you install from a USB stick, by any chance? The installer can leave
a 'ro' entry for the stick in /etc/fstab.
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Liam
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