APOLOGY Re: Software request
Paul
jpb at entel.ca
Fri May 8 21:48:24 UTC 2009
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> Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 1:46 PM
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> Subject: APOLOGY Re: Software request
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> On Wed, 06 May 2009 00:28:59 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
<snip>
> I have gnome-format installed. It launches, and seems
> to try; but I then get an error message saying "Error opening
> /dev/sdc: Permission denied" -- even if the disk is one whose
> Properties tell me its permissions "could not be determined."
Default is to deny if not accepted in most situations.
> I did
>
> [root at Hbsk2 dev]# chown -R btth:btth /dev/sdc
> [root at Hbsk2 dev]#
>
> and that seems to've gotten rid of the permission problem --
> or maybe just hidden it ...
>
> Eventually, after various warnings, it does show both
> the stick and the file system to put on it, as well as a live
> "Format" button.
>
> Then nothing more happens. No matter how long I leave
> it (up to half a day), gnome-format shows no sign of doing
> anything; and the stuff on the stick is still there.
>
Did you unmount the media before formatting?
- Paul
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