Hi Madhukar, On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 11:31 AM, mysorekapi <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I want to delete some files on my pen drive, but not able to do so. > The system is telling that it is a 'read only file system'. However, > when I give ls -l, it shows that I have read, write, and execute > permissions > (drwx------ 10 grapes grapes 8192 1970-01-01 05:30 ADHOKSHAJA). I > tried deleting the file as root. even that didn't work. I have > following questions: > > 1. Why is it happening like this? > 2. What kind of permission should I have to empty my pen drive?
* Check if there is a switch on the USB pen to physically make it READ-ONLY. If so make sure its in the RW mode. * Issue "mount" command as root and check if its mounted read-only (if possible send the group the output of the command) HTH Suresh -- 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.
