On Sun, 2014-12-21 at 16:46 -0300, Renaud OLGIATI wrote: > On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 19:30:39 +0000 > Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > > > > Only fly in the ointment is that gparted still complains that: > > > Unable to open /dev/sdi read-write (Read-only file system). /dev/sdi has > > > been opened read-only. > > > Hve you not yet come to terms with the fact that your USB stick has > > cocked its toes up? > > I still doubt that, given I can read the contents.
It's my experience that SD cards and USB flash drives eventually go read-only, presumably when there are no spare working flash blocks left to replace those that have worn out. Some cheap ones I've had have only lasted a mater of months, other are going strong after many years. -- Tixy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1419244191.2592.12.ca...@yxit.co.uk