Re: [GLLUG] Read only?

2022-05-25 Thread Chris Bell via GLLUG
On Tuesday, 24 May 2022 17:36:59 BST Chris Bell via GLLUG wrote: > On Tuesday, 24 May 2022 17:05:35 BST James Dutton via GLLUG wrote: > > There are some SD cards that can have the CID reset. If you know what you > > need it set to, you can maybe set it. > > You used to be able to do it with Samsung

Re: [GLLUG] Read only?

2022-05-24 Thread Chris Bell via GLLUG
On Tuesday, 24 May 2022 17:05:35 BST James Dutton via GLLUG wrote: > > There are some SD cards that can have the CID reset. If you know what you > need it set to, you can maybe set it. > You used to be able to do it with Samsung EVO Plus 32GB MicroSDHC cards. > https://github.com/beaups/SamsungCI

Re: [GLLUG] Read only?

2022-05-24 Thread James Dutton via GLLUG
On Tue, 24 May 2022 at 12:29, John Hearns wrote: > Talking about SD cards, the satnav on my Volkswagen used a full size SD > Card. > I bought an up to date SD card - which is not read by the system in the > car. > It turns out there is something called CID Locking - the manufacturer is > encoded

Re: [GLLUG] Read only?

2022-05-24 Thread John Hearns via GLLUG
Talking about SD cards, the satnav on my Volkswagen used a full size SD Card. I bought an up to date SD card - which is not read by the system in the car. It turns out there is something called CID Locking - the manufacturer is encoded as a CID number on the SD card. Any other type of SD Card even

Re: [GLLUG] Read only?

2022-05-24 Thread James Dutton via GLLUG
Flash devices go read only when they detect themselves that they have a fault. SD cards are not particulary reliable. So my best guess is that this has happened to your sd card. -- GLLUG mailing list GLLUG@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug

Re: [GLLUG] Read only?

2022-05-24 Thread Carles Pina i Estany via GLLUG
Hi, On May/24/2022, Chris Bell via GLLUG wrote: > On Monday, 23 May 2022 23:05:28 BST Carles Pina i Estany via GLLUG wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Try hdparm -r 0 [device] before partitioning. > > > > Cheers, > > > Thanks, I think that has worked before, but this time it appears to have > actually

Re: [GLLUG] Read only?

2022-05-24 Thread Chris Bell via GLLUG
On Monday, 23 May 2022 23:05:28 BST Carles Pina i Estany via GLLUG wrote: > Hi, > > Try hdparm -r 0 [device] before partitioning. > > Cheers, > Thanks, I think that has worked before, but this time it appears to have actually died. I have now twice tried the above command for the whole device

Re: [GLLUG] Read only?

2022-05-24 Thread Chris Bell via GLLUG
On Monday, 23 May 2022 18:32:32 BST Andy McGarty via GLLUG wrote: > If using an adaptor does it have the write protect tab moved? I've > sometimes moved it when taking cards out my camera. > > Andy I was trying to re-partition several cards at the same time, and all others were OK. I have had sim

Re: [GLLUG] Read only?

2022-05-24 Thread Chris Bell via GLLUG
On Monday, 23 May 2022 17:58:45 BST John Winters via GLLUG wrote: > You could try dd'ing a few blocks from /dev/zero onto it. Tried that, but it tells me device is read only. Either it has been corrupted or is actually dead. I have also tried the normal fdisk, etc. What I do not know is what hap

Re: [GLLUG] Read only?

2022-05-23 Thread Carles Pina i Estany via GLLUG
Hi, Try hdparm -r 0 [device] before partitioning. Cheers, On May/23/2022, Chris Bell via GLLUG wrote: > Hello, > I have a MicroSD card that has been used in a RaspbrryPi that appears to have > been corrupted in an attempt to re-use it, and now shows as read only. No > great monetary value, b

Re: [GLLUG] Read only?

2022-05-23 Thread John G Walker via GLLUG
On Mon, 23 May 2022 18:32:32 +0100 Andy McGarty via GLLUG wrote: > If using an adaptor does it have the write protect tab moved? I've > sometimes moved it when taking cards out my camera. I did precisely the same to an SD card in my camera just last week, -- All the best, John -- GLLUG

Re: [GLLUG] Read only?

2022-05-23 Thread Andy McGarty via GLLUG
On 23/05/2022 17:52, Chris Bell via GLLUG wrote: Hello, I have a MicroSD card that has been used in a RaspbrryPi that appears to have been corrupted in an attempt to re-use it, and now shows as read only. No great monetary value, but I could not find any software that appears able to re-partition

Re: [GLLUG] Read only?

2022-05-23 Thread John Winters via GLLUG
You could try dd'ing a few blocks from /dev/zero onto it. ⁣Get BlueMail for Android ​ On 23 May 2022, 18:56, at 18:56, Chris Bell via GLLUG wrote: >Hello, >I have a MicroSD card that has been used in a RaspbrryPi that appears >to have >been corrupted in an attempt to re-use it, and now shows as

[GLLUG] Read only?

2022-05-23 Thread Chris Bell via GLLUG
Hello, I have a MicroSD card that has been used in a RaspbrryPi that appears to have been corrupted in an attempt to re-use it, and now shows as read only. No great monetary value, but I could not find any software that appears able to re-partition any device, whatever its value, once set to rea