On 2015-08-30, atux <a...@null.net> wrote: > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --------------010609010802020702010907 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > hello everyone. > > i have a usb stick that it gets recognised as read only. > how do i fix that issue, so i could format it and have a usable usb stick? > i have tried with dosfsck -a without success > > Disk /dev/sdb: 31.4 GB, 31449415680 bytes > 19 heads, 19 sectors/track, 170151 cylinders, total 61424640 sectors > Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x10635f1f > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sdb1 * 8064 61424639 30708288 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT > *root@netbook:~#* dosfsck -a /dev/sdb1 > dosfsck 3.0.13, 30 Jun 2012, FAT32, LFN > open: Read-only file system > *root@netbook:~#* > > even gparted has it recognised as read only
Did you install from a USB stick, by any chance? The installer can leave a 'ro' entry for the stick in /etc/fstab. > > --------------010609010802020702010907 > Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [...] Please post in plain text only. -- Liam
