2009/9/16 Till Wimmer <g4-l...@tonarchiv.ch>: > Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: >> >> umarz...@ctrl:~$ sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/ >> mount: block device /dev/sdb1 is write-protected, mounting read-only >> umarz...@ctrl:~$ df -h >> Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on >> /dev/sda1 11G 7.7G 2.2G 78% / >> tmpfs 1.9G 0 1.9G 0% /lib/init/rw >> udev 10M 904K 9.2M 9% /dev >> tmpfs 1.9G 0 1.9G 0% /dev/shm >> /dev/sda2 123G 112G 5.3G 96% /home >> /dev/sdb1 1.9G 1020M 892M 54% /mnt >> umarz...@ctrl:~$ df -hi >> Filesystem Inodes IUsed IFree IUse% Mounted on >> /dev/sda1 671K 180K 492K 27% / >> tmpfs 465K 4 465K 1% /lib/init/rw >> udev 465K 1.7K 463K 1% /dev >> tmpfs 465K 1 465K 1% /dev/shm >> /dev/sda2 7.8M 123K 7.7M 2% /home >> /dev/sdb1 0 0 0 - /mnt >> >> >> It is /dev/sdb1. I could not find any write protection button on this >> usb flashdrive. How can I make this one writeable again? >> > > What filesystem is it?
It is using fat32 fs Maybe there is some useful information in the kernel > messages (dmesg). > For example NTFS is mounted read only by default. dmesg output [12400.200196] usb 3-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7 [12400.343300] usb 3-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [12400.350109] scsi9 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices [12400.351302] usb 3-3: New USB device found, idVendor=1005, idProduct=b113 [12400.351302] usb 3-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [12400.351302] usb 3-3: Product: USB FLASH DRIVE [12400.351302] usb 3-3: Manufacturer: [12400.351302] usb 3-3: SerialNumber: 19861B610FD6 [12400.359302] usb-storage: device found at 7 [12400.359302] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning [12405.361766] usb-storage: device scan complete [12405.365754] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access USB FLASH DRIVE PMAP PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS [12405.685764] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] 3915776 512-byte hardware sectors (2005 MB) [12405.685764] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is on [12405.685764] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 80 00 [12405.685764] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [12405.692713] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] 3915776 512-byte hardware sectors (2005 MB) [12405.693762] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is on [12405.693762] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 80 00 [12405.693762] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [12405.693762] sdb: sdb1 [12405.693762] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk [12405.693762] sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 [12409.271003] FAT: utf8 is not a recommended IO charset for FAT filesystems, filesystem will be case sensitive! > > Regards, > TW > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject > of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > > -- Regards, Umarzuki Mochlis http://gameornot.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
