On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 8:09 AM, Linda McLeod <lindavaldeen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Anyone know why a particular flash-drive would reconfigure itself to be > read only..? Flash drives are generally very cheaply built. The OS does what it has to, to deal with them. > This F-drive has done this three times, forcing me to (F-drive? Hmm.) > format it, and reload the hd backup.. and another has done it once.. I > run with ten flash-drives in maintaining a perpetual backup by the > hour.. Wow. Talk about trying to achieve data center functionality on a hobby budget. Talk about overkill. > I reload the hd backup flash yesterday, and now when I click up > properties, I get "permissions could not be determined"..? This > troublesome flash is a "DANE-ELEC" 8-gig".. I can't trust this > crap-thing.. What's the best low priced flash on the market..? No such thing. You takes what you gets. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org