Tod Merley wrote: >> my first guess >> write protect switch (tab) jd1008: > I tried with the switch in the up and the down position and tried to > mount. > In both cases I am getting: > > WARN: `/dev/mmcblk0p1' is write-protected, mounting read-only. Could be what senses the switch position in the reader isn't working. Are other cards mountable as writable, in the same reader? On SD cards, it's not really a switch, there's no electronics behind it, it's just an object that's felt, or looked through, in the reader. Rather like the record protect holes in old fashioned cassette tapes. -- tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.15.10-200.fc20.i686 #1 SMP Thu Aug 14 16:12:39 UTC 2014 i686 All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the public lists. George Orwell's '1984' was supposed to be a warning against tyranny, not a set of instructions for supposedly democratic governments. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org