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Topic: Writable USB, How does one write to a USB stick

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kcallis

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Posted: 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.

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AwPhuch

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Posted: 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?)

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brianw

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Posted: 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?

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