On Wed, 2009-05-20 at 11:39 +0100, Andrew Oakley wrote: <snip> > Thanks. I tried the fsck, even after unmounting it failed as the device > was considered read-only. Ditto unmounting then attempting to reformat > on the Linux box, fails as read-only. I even reformated it cleanly on > the MS-Windows machine. Still Linux box complains read-only. > > Therefore I'm reasonably sure that it is the notch or the lack of tab > which is causing the problem. The question is, which machine is correct; > should an SD card which has a notch, but has no tab, be considered > read-only? I'm wondering whether the card is faulty by design, since it > has a notch but no tab (ie. if the card has a notch, it should have a > tab). Or whether my card reader is faulty by design for insisting on a > tab that need not be there. <snip>
Do you have another linux machine to try it on? Or a live cd to try it on another machine with a different card reader? Whats the make/model of the SD card? Worth finding whether it's the card or the reader that's at fault. -Matt Daubney
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