[Wylug-help] USB Memory Stick Mounts Read Only

[Towle, William]

  I have a memory stick with a physical write-protect switch,
and if I've knocked it on by accident (not easy but has
happened), then an attempt to mount it manually [`mount
/media/usbdisk` (where this RHEL4 box likes it to appear)]
produces the warning "mount: block device /dev/sdb1 is write
protected, mounting read only".

  In the case where KDE is set up to auto-mount the device
for you, I imagine you'd get messages logged somewhere (but
I'm at work and don't have the luxury of testing that
easily here).

HTH,
  Wills.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: wylug-help-bounces at wylug.org.uk 
> [mailto:wylug-help-bounces at wylug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Digby Sewell
> Sent: 13 October 2008 11:55
> To: wylug-help at wylug.org.uk
> Subject: [Wylug-help] USB Memory Stick Mounts Read Only
> 
> HI All.
> I have a USB memory stick.  I stick it in the USB socket, The 
> KDE "Mounted 
> Removabe Media" window pops up, and I can read it.
> Until recently I could also write to it but now it only 
> mounts "read only". I 
> can write to an MP3 player but not the memory stick.
> Can anyone explin what is happening or where to look to find out?
> Thanks - Digby.
> 
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