USB drives going read-only

[Bill Davidsen]

I have some USB drives I use for backup and sneakernet, and I've noted 
that if unused they become read-only after being unused for a while. I 
have seen this on FC[678] and it's annoying rather than critical, 
because of the way I use the drives.

mount still shows as rw, unmount and mount clears.

Ring any bells? I don't have enough details to file a good bug yet, if 
this is known I won't bother.

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Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com>
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