USB drive mounted Read-only; what to do ?

2014-12-19 Thread Ron
I plug in a USB pen drive, and launch dd to copy an iso image. # dd bs=4M if=debian-live-7.6.0-amd64-rescue.iso of=/dev/sdi && sync dd: opening `/dev/sdi': Read-only file system Is there a way to force it to mount read-write ? Cheers, Ron. -- We'll cross that brid

Re: USB drive mounted Read-only; what to do ?

2014-12-19 Thread Brian
On Fri 19 Dec 2014 at 05:45:33 -0300, Renaud OLGIATI wrote: > I plug in a USB pen drive, and launch dd to copy an iso image. > > # dd bs=4M if=debian-live-7.6.0-amd64-rescue.iso of=/dev/sdi && sync Thee is no need to be root to copy the ISO. > dd: opening `/dev/sdi': Read-only file system It

Re: USB drive mounted Read-only; what to do ?

2014-12-19 Thread Ron
On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 10:15:32 + Brian wrote: > > I plug in a USB pen drive, and launch dd to copy an iso image. > > # dd bs=4M if=debian-live-7.6.0-amd64-rescue.iso of=/dev/sdi && sync > > dd: opening `/dev/sdi': Read-only file system > It contains am ISO9660 file system which, by design, i

Re: USB drive mounted Read-only; what to do ?

2014-12-19 Thread Stephan Seitz
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 05:45:33AM -0300, Renaud OLGIATI wrote: I plug in a USB pen drive, and launch dd to copy an iso image. # dd bs=4M if=debian-live-7.6.0-amd64-rescue.iso of=/dev/sdi && sync dd: opening `/dev/sdi': Read-only file system I guess that /dev/sdi is your USB pen drive? Does t

Re: USB drive mounted Read-only; what to do ?

2014-12-19 Thread Petter Adsen
On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 05:45:33 -0300 Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote: > I plug in a USB pen drive, and launch dd to copy an iso image. > > # dd bs=4M if=debian-live-7.6.0-amd64-rescue.iso of=/dev/sdi && sync > dd: opening `/dev/sdi': Read-only file system > > Is there a way to force it to mount read-

Re: USB drive mounted Read-only; what to do ?

2014-12-19 Thread Frédéric Marchal
2014-12-19 11:28 GMT+01:00 Renaud OLGIATI : > On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 10:15:32 + > Brian wrote: > >> > I plug in a USB pen drive, and launch dd to copy an iso image. >> > # dd bs=4M if=debian-live-7.6.0-amd64-rescue.iso of=/dev/sdi && sync >> > dd: opening `/dev/sdi': Read-only file system > >>

Re: USB drive mounted Read-only; what to do ?

2014-12-19 Thread Ron
On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 11:42:44 +0100 Stephan Seitz wrote: > The output of dmesg may give more information. after a # dmesg -c > /dev/null # dmesg [916392.905430] usb 3-6.2: new high-speed USB device number 8 using ehci_hcd [916393.015968] usb 3-6.2: New USB device found, idVendor=0781, i

Re: USB drive mounted Read-only; what to do ?

2014-12-19 Thread Frédéric Marchal
2014-12-19 11:55 GMT+01:00 Renaud OLGIATI : > On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 11:42:44 +0100 > Stephan Seitz wrote: > >> The output of dmesg may give more information. > > # dmesg > [916394.028162] sd 30:0:0:0: [sdi] Write Protect is on > > The drive does not have a HW write-protection switch. Where does thi

Re: USB drive mounted Read-only; what to do ?

2014-12-19 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 05:45:33 -0300 Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote: Hello Renaud, >Is there a way to force it to mount read-write ? I had similar issues with a USB hard drive. It turns out that I needed ntfs-3g installed. Maybe it's the same for you. -- Regards _ / ) "The bl

Re: USB drive mounted Read-only; what to do ?

2014-12-19 Thread Selim T . Erdoğan
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 07:55:35AM -0300, Renaud OLGIATI wrote: > On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 11:42:44 +0100 > Stephan Seitz wrote: > > > The output of dmesg may give more information. > > after a # dmesg -c > /dev/null > > # dmesg > [916392.905430] usb 3-6.2: new high-speed USB device number 8

Re: USB drive mounted Read-only; what to do ?

2014-12-19 Thread Brian
On Fri 19 Dec 2014 at 12:13:59 +0100, Frédéric Marchal wrote: > 2014-12-19 11:55 GMT+01:00 Renaud OLGIATI : > > On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 11:42:44 +0100 > > Stephan Seitz wrote: > > > >> The output of dmesg may give more information. > > > > # dmesg > > [916394.028162] sd 30:0:0:0: [sdi] Write Protect

Re: USB drive mounted Read-only; what to do ?

2014-12-19 Thread Brian
On Fri 19 Dec 2014 at 11:47:38 +0100, Frédéric Marchal wrote: > 2014-12-19 11:28 GMT+01:00 Renaud OLGIATI : > > On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 10:15:32 + > > Brian wrote: > > > >> > I plug in a USB pen drive, and launch dd to copy an iso image. > >> > # dd bs=4M if=debian-live-7.6.0-amd64-rescue.iso o

Re: USB drive mounted Read-only; what to do ?

2014-12-19 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
Hi On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 05:45:33AM -0300, Renaud OLGIATI wrote: > I plug in a USB pen drive, and launch dd to copy an iso image. > > # dd bs=4M if=debian-live-7.6.0-amd64-rescue.iso of=/dev/sdi && sync > dd: opening `/dev/sdi': Read-only file system Read-only file system on /dev/sdi?? This

Re: wordperfect 5.1 for unix, and debian?

2014-12-19 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2014-12-18 00:01, Morten Bo Johansen wrote: > On 2014-12-17 Karen Lewellen wrote: > >> I have a still in the package copy of wordperfect 5.1 for UNIX. >> I got this because wordperfect is my main word processor on my >> primary computer and I would

Re: wordperfect 5.1 for unix, and debian?

2014-12-19 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi all, I appreciate all the suggestions, those on point recommending for example I ask the Dutch debian project about wp. Those far from on point suggestion I switch when I stated I was only seeking logistics. I use dos daily and on my machine have wp5.1, which I almost never use, and wp6

Re: USB drive mounted Read-only; what to do ?

2014-12-19 Thread Ron
On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 12:13:59 +0100 Frédéric Marchal wrote: > A google search reveals it is a common problem that should be fixed with > sudo hdparm -r0 /dev/sdi # hdparm -r0 /dev/sdi /dev/sdi: setting readonly to 0 (off) readonly = 0 (off) after which again: # dd bs=4M if=debi

Re: Kernel crash 3.17.2 unable to use kvm

2014-12-19 Thread Bhasker C V
Hi, This kernel is made from the old version by copying the .config and running make oldconfig. I have been using the .config from 3.7.x kernel On 11/4/14, Florent Peterschmitt wrote: > Le 03/11/2014 17:03, Bhasker C V a écrit : >> Hi, >> >> I tried to compile the latest kernel 3.17.2 and wh

Re: USB drive mounted Read-only; what to do ?

2014-12-19 Thread Bob Proulx
Petter Adsen wrote: > Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote: > > # dd bs=4M if=debian-live-7.6.0-amd64-rescue.iso of=/dev/sdi && sync > > dd: opening `/dev/sdi': Read-only file system > > > > Is there a way to force it to mount read-write ? > > Try > > mount -o remount,rw /dev/sdi That would actually be b

Re: USB drive mounted Read-only; what to do ?

2014-12-19 Thread Bob Proulx
Brad Rogers wrote: > Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote: > >Is there a way to force it to mount read-write ? > > I had similar issues with a USB hard drive. It turns out that I needed > ntfs-3g installed. Maybe it's the same for you. That would help if the task was to mount an ntfs usb storage device a

Re: wordperfect 5.1 for unix, and debian?

2014-12-19 Thread Curt
On 2014-12-19, Karen Lewellen wrote: > My choices work for me, and I am more than willing to respect the choices > of others, even if I have zero need or desire to emulate them. > Thanks again for the comments, I consider this thread to be closed, at > least for me. I don't think anyone was r

Re: wordperfect 5.1 for unix, and debian?

2014-12-19 Thread Jape Person
On 12/19/2014 02:22 PM, Curt wrote: On 2014-12-19, Karen Lewellen wrote: My choices work for me, and I am more than willing to respect the choices of others, even if I have zero need or desire to emulate them. Thanks again for the comments, I consider this thread to be closed, at least for me

Re: wordperfect 5.1 for unix, and debian?

2014-12-19 Thread Karen Lewellen
hm whatever deepens your sense of self lol! Happy Holidays to you and everyone, Kare On Fri, 19 Dec 2014, Curt wrote: On 2014-12-19, Karen Lewellen wrote: My choices work for me, and I am more than willing to respect the choices of others, even if I have zero need or desire to emulate t

Re: wordperfect 5.1 for unix, and debian?

2014-12-19 Thread Ric Moore
On 12/19/2014 02:42 PM, Jape Person wrote: On 12/19/2014 02:22 PM, Curt wrote: On 2014-12-19, Karen Lewellen wrote: My choices work for me, and I am more than willing to respect the choices of others, even if I have zero need or desire to emulate them. Thanks again for the comments, I consid

Re: USB drive mounted Read-only; what to do ?

2014-12-19 Thread Stephan Seitz
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 07:55:35AM -0300, Renaud OLGIATI wrote: [916394.028162] sd 30:0:0:0: [sdi] Write Protect is on Well, the pen drive is certainly read-only. You’re saying, that you have no hardware switch on the device. Stupid question, did you ever write anything to this drive? Can it

disk (and other resource) management of virtual machines

2014-12-19 Thread Ross Boylan
I am using libvirt and kvm to run virtual machines. I would like to be able to change the size of the virtual filesystems and snapshot them (in the sense of snapshotting the disk for backup. Ideally this would be a snapshot of part of the file system, not the whole disk). Any recommendations for

k9copy-reloaded?

2014-12-19 Thread ~Stack~
Greetings, I prefer to have a digital backup copy of the movies I have legally purchased. Mainly because I am too lazy to get up and go to the DVD shelf whenever I want to watch something. :-) My preference for years has been to have an ISO file because disk is cheap and if I need to trans-code f

Re: k9copy-reloaded?

2014-12-19 Thread Greg Madden
The Trinity desktop (TDE) has k9copy, the new release of TDE, a few days ago, runs on Wheezy and Jessie. You can just install k9copy + depends, which are light compared to bundled apps these days. I really like/prefer Handbrake but it does not install, from wheezy-backports..another thread. Gre

Re: wordperfect 5.1 for unix, and debian?

2014-12-19 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 11:46:59PM +0700, Ken Heard wrote: > > These days almost all word processors use the ODF. Transfer of > documents between the twenty or so word processors, etc., for example > from a MS Word .docx file to a LibreOffice .odt file and the reverse, > is well nigh effortless.

Re: wordperfect 5.1 for unix, and debian?

2014-12-19 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 04:49:04PM -0500, Karen Lewellen wrote: > hm whatever deepens your sense of self lol! > Happy Holidays to you and everyone, Don't forget to have a Merry christmas! -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and l

Re: is sshd really restarting?

2014-12-19 Thread Chris Bannister
On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 12:13:47PM -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > Setup: very new install of gentoo > > When I restart ssh like so: > >sudo /etc/init.d/ssh restart > > I see very little output. Should it be more verbose? > > , > |harry > sudo /etc/init.d/ssh restart > | Restarting s

Re: wordperfect 5.1 for unix, and debian?

2014-12-19 Thread Ric Moore
On 12/19/2014 09:41 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 04:49:04PM -0500, Karen Lewellen wrote: hm whatever deepens your sense of self lol! Happy Holidays to you and everyone, Don't forget to have a Merry christmas! Chris, I'm looking forward to a change in my meds! Merry

Re: wordperfect 5.1 for unix, and debian?

2014-12-19 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 11:00:56PM -0500, Ric Moore wrote: > On 12/19/2014 09:41 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: > >On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 04:49:04PM -0500, Karen Lewellen wrote: > >>hm whatever deepens your sense of self lol! > >>Happy Holidays to you and everyone, > > > >Don't forget to have a Me

Re: is sshd really restarting?

2014-12-19 Thread Bob Proulx
Chris Bannister wrote: > Harry Putnam wrote: > > When I restart ssh like so: > > > >sudo /etc/init.d/ssh restart Use 'service' instead. sudo service ssh restart > > I see very little output. Should it be more verbose? No. It is a system daemon. Very little is logged to the screen. > >

Re: is sshd really restarting?

2014-12-19 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 11:01:28PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > Chris Bannister wrote: > > What about: > > > > sudo /etc/init.d/ssh -vvv restart > > Sorry but the /etc/init.d/ssh doesn't take any -v options. Arrrghhh! of course, what was I thinking. :( -- "If you're not careful, the newspap