Hi Gustin, Thanks for the tip. The flashdrive is vfat, which seems appropriate because I often transfer file to and from machines running Windows XP.
I couldn't make fsck.vfat -r -t -V /dev/<usb device> work because I couldn't figure out which of the 5 usbdev*.* in /dev was the one to check. Robin On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Gustin Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Richard Carter wrote: > > Hi Charisse,� > > > > Thanks for the tip.� "mount -o remount,rw"� works, although I have to > > run it before every "rm".� But it got the job done. > > > What file system is this? > > df -Th > should tell you (once it is mounted). > > You may need to check the file system for inconsistencies > eg. fsck.vfat -r -t -V /dev/<usb device> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAkm+xT0ACgkQwRXgH3rKGfO45QCfel14qLAlUgiY2vBBdsORnFPa > cXQAoKSXE6w7Tuz/NwlwGC+a0soAlIP+ > =/5QB > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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