Most of those devices have "write protect" latch/switch on them, make sure it's off..
Hetz On Thursday 27 November 2003 20:32, Shlomo Solomon wrote: > Hi, > > I borrowed a friend's disk-on-key to try it on my Mandrake box. As hoped, I > was able to read data from the device with no problem. I just plugged in to > the USB and an icon appeared on the desktop. Clicking the icon mounted the > device. But I haven't been able to save data. > > The permissions for the device seem OK. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] solomon]$ ls -lad /mnt/r* > drwxrwxrwx 3 solomon solomon 16384 Jan 1 1970 /mnt/removable/ > > When I copy a file to the device (using the GUI or command line), I can see > the file listed. This is also true in the GUI and command line (ls -la). > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] solomon]$ ls -la /mnt/r*/ne* > -rwxrwxrwx 1 solomon solomon 8723 Nov 27 20:27 > /mnt/removable/newfile* > > But despite the fact that I can see the file listed, if I unmount and mount > again, the file I copied to the device is gone. > > I've tried manually mounting from the command line both as a regular user > and as root and that doesn't help. > > BTW - the device itself is formatted for Windows. I can't change that > because the device is not my property and I have to return it to my friend. > > Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong? > > TIA ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
