>From /var/log/messages it complains about not being able to mount the UFS device as R/W:
Jan 22 10:50:33 mini kernel: [ 1558.209769] USB Mass Storage support registered. Jan 22 10:50:38 mini kernel: [ 1563.202709] scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access Generic STORAGE DEVICE 9407 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 Jan 22 10:50:38 mini kernel: [ 1563.203521] sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 Jan 22 10:50:38 mini kernel: [ 1563.350327] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] 7959552 512-byte logical blocks: (4.07 GB/3.79 GiB) Jan 22 10:50:38 mini kernel: [ 1563.351434] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off Jan 22 10:50:38 mini kernel: [ 1563.354694] sdb: sdb4 Jan 22 10:50:38 mini kernel: [ 1563.357311] sdb4: <openbsd: > Jan 22 10:50:38 mini kernel: [ 1563.359945] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk Jan 22 10:51:19 mini kernel: [ 1604.499096] ufs was compiled with read-only support, can't be mounted as read-write Jan 22 10:53:11 mini kernel: [ 1716.200282] ufs was compiled with read-only support, can't be mounted as read-write Mounting it read-only as UFS seems to give small errors in kern.log and syslog: /var/log/kern.log:Jan 22 11:03:01 mini kernel: [ 2307.101309] UFS-fs error (device sdb4): ufs_readdir: bad page in #2 /var/log/syslog:Jan 22 11:03:01 mini kernel: [ 2307.101309] UFS-fs error (device sdb4): ufs_readdir: bad page in #2 And though it seems to have been mounted read-only, trying to use it gives errors: ls: reading directory /mnt/: Input/output error -- mount cannot mount ufs / ffs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/268665 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs