Once you insert the device, look into dmesg output see any errors etc related to the drive.
Also run sudo /sbin/fsck.vfat <device name> This should solve disk related issue if there is any. If you don't get to work with the drive even after that, don't mind getting it formatted once. On 4/5/09, Suresh Rajashekara <[email protected]> wrote: > Whats the name of the file? Does it start with a - or -- ? > > Suresh > > On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 11:51 PM, mysorekapi <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> no..rm -f even as a root doesn't work:( >> >> On 3 Apr, 14:17, Vikram Desai <[email protected]> wrote: >> > did you use the force option with rm ? >> > >> > rm -f >> > >> > regards, >> > >> > vikram >> > >> > On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 12:59 PM, mysorekapi <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > a correction..its not an iPod. its an mp3 player manufactured by >> > > Transcend. >> > >> > > On 3 Apr, 12:27, mysorekapi <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> i tried as a super user too, but again in vain.. >> > >> > >> On 1 Apr, 22:46, Shashishekhar S <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > >> > Switch to superuser mode and try deleting. >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:15 PM, mysorekapi <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > >> > > I am trying to delete a few music files, and some viruses (picked >> from >> > >> > > Windows) from iPod. But the files (including viruses) are read >> only, >> > >> > > and I can't delete any of them. How to change the permissions, so >> that >> > >> > > I can free the iPod from Windows' 'assured gifts'? >> > >> > >> > -- >> > >> > - Shashishekhar S >> > >> > > > -- > When you blame others, you give up your power to change. > > > > -- -- "A well-directed imagination is the source of great deeds" -- With Best Regards, Omshivaprakash.H.L | ಓಂ ಶಿವಪ್ರಕಾಶ್ ಎಚ್. ಎಲ್ | ॐ शिवप्रकाश् एच्. एल् Website : http://www.techfiz.info Blog : http://platonic.techfiz.info Phone: 91- 9902026518 AIM : fizworks ICQ : 265216744 IRC : #techfiz server: irc.freenode.net channel: #linux-india #ubuntu-in #gnu-india #kannada --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylug?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
