USB flash drive become read-only
Mikkel L. Ellertson
mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Mon Nov 12 01:26:04 UTC 2007
Simon Slater wrote:
> G'day all,
> A quick question about a USB stick that is used between FC6, F7 and
> Win98 boxes. In the last week it has become read-only. I can't change
> permissions as root. Any file or directory on it that is selected also
> is tagged with a lock icon and is read-only. How can it be changed to
> read-write?
>
Dumb question - is it read-only in Windows too? If so, does it have
a little switch hidden away somewhere that makes the drive
read-only? What does /var/log/messages how when you plug it in?
Mikkel
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