Writable USB

Forum: Laptops
Topic: Writable USB
started by: kcallis

Posted by kcallis on Oct. 09 2005,23:16

I mounted my USB memory stick, and although it mounted, I am unable to do anything with it. I have changed permission, and I still can't access any of the files. I am able to see the directories, but I can't write to the drive. I mounted it under VFAT.

Thanks,

Posted by AwPhuch on Oct. 10 2005,15:52

did you check the permissions of the directories??

Are you running as root or as a user?

did you remember to umount the drive b4 pulling the drive (this way the write buffer is actually in sync with the drive before unmounting to keep from loosing data?)

Brian
AwPhuch

Posted by brianw on Oct. 10 2005,22:18

First, did you use the -r option in chmod to recurse the files and directories?

Second, can you read the files and just can't wirte to the drive or is is a case of not being able to read/write the files.

Do an ls -l to see what the permissions actually are.

Was the dive mounted read only? Can you try to mount with the rw option? Are you using fstab to mount the system?