USB Memory stick (more info)

[M.Lewis]

M.Lewis wrote:
> 
> A few days ago I copied some files to a USB Memory stick. No problem. 
> Now I'm needing to copy some more files to the same memory stick and 
> it's telling me it's a read-only file system. I had zero problems with 
> this the other day.
> 
> mount is as follows:
> /dev/sda1 on /media/USB-DISK type vfat 
> (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,noatime,uid=500,utf8,shortname=lower)
> 
> It should be writeable.
> 
> Thanks for any pointers.
> Mike
> 

A quick look at the logs shows apparently problems with the drive. Do I 
need to reformat it or what? It still has the default WinBlows setup on it.

Sep 26 23:00:03 moe kernel:   Vendor: SanDisk   Model: Cruzer Titanium 
  Rev: 2000
Sep 26 23:00:03 moe kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access 
  ANSI SCSI revision: 00
Sep 26 23:00:03 moe kernel: SCSI device sdb: 1014784 512-byte hdwr 
sectors (520 MB)
Sep 26 23:00:03 moe kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off
Sep 26 23:00:03 moe kernel: sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
Sep 26 23:00:03 moe kernel: SCSI device sdb: 1014784 512-byte hdwr 
sectors (520 MB)
Sep 26 23:00:03 moe kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off
Sep 26 23:00:03 moe kernel: sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
Sep 26 23:00:03 moe kernel:  sdb: sdb1
Sep 26 23:00:03 moe kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdb
Sep 26 23:00:03 moe kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
Sep 26 23:00:08 moe kernel: FAT: Filesystem panic (dev sdb1)
Sep 26 23:00:08 moe kernel:     fat_get_cluster: invalid cluster chain 
(i_pos 120595)
Sep 26 23:00:08 moe kernel:     File system has been set read-only
Sep 26 23:00:08 moe kernel: FAT: Filesystem panic (dev sdb1)
Sep 26 23:00:08 moe kernel:     fat_get_cluster: invalid cluster chain 
(i_pos 120595)
Sep 26 23:00:08 moe kernel: FAT: Filesystem panic (dev sdb1)
Sep 26 23:00:08 moe kernel:     fat_get_cluster: invalid cluster chain 
(i_pos 120595)
Sep 26 23:00:08 moe kernel: FAT: Filesystem panic (dev sdb1)
Sep 26 23:00:08 moe kernel:     fat_get_cluster: invalid cluster chain 
(i_pos 120595)
Sep 26 23:00:08 moe kernel: FAT: Filesystem panic (dev sdb1)
Sep 26 23:00:08 moe kernel:     fat_get_cluster: invalid cluster chain 
(i_pos 120595)
Sep 26 23:00:08 moe kernel: FAT: Filesystem panic (dev sdb1)


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