Re: USB flash drive become read-only

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On Sun, 2007-11-11 at 20:15 -0500, Jayson Rowe wrote:
> Good Evening Simon,
> What file system is the Flash Drive formatted with? Also, are you only 
> unable to access the drive on your Fedora systems, or have the symptoms 
> carried over to your Windows boxes as well?
> -jayson
> 
> On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, Simon Slater wrote:
> 
> > G'day all,
>  	A quick question about a USB stick that is used between FC6, F7 and
> Win98 boxes. In the last week it has become read-only.  I can't change
> permissions as root.  Any file or directory on it that is selected also
> is tagged with a lock icon and is read-only.  How can it be changed to
> read-write?

Formatted vfat Jayson,  worked on the windo$e box.  Mikkel's advice
solved it though... there were bad sectors on it.

Thanks
-- 
Regards
Simon

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