Usually a file system check on your flash drive will fix this. sudo fsck /dev/path-of-drive -r
-- Hari On 2010/09/16 3:41 PM, Brian Ssennoga wrote:- > Guys n Gals, > > I have this weird Flash - > > I have successfully scanned thru the files and kept what i still need. > So i wanted to trash everything and possibly format! > > 1. chmod to 777 wont work > > 2. chown to myself and my group wont work > > 3. rm -rf wont work > ...all saying 'Read Only Filesystem' > > 4. When i try the graphical Disk Utility, > > 4.a Format Drive wont work - > results: Error creating partition table: helper exited with exit code > 1: cannot open /dev/sdc: Read-only file system > > 4.b Format Volume wont work - > results: Error creating file system: helper exited with exit code 1: > cannot open /dev/sdc1: Read-only file system > > 4.c Delete Partition neither - > results - Error erasing: helper exited with exit code 1: In > part_del_partition: device_file=/dev/sdc, offset=4194304 > Entering MS-DOS parser (offset=0, size=4253024256) > MSDOS_MAGIC found > looking at part 0 (offset 4194304, size 4011851776, type 0x0b) > new part entry > looking at part 1 (offset 0, size 0, type 0x00) > new part entry > looking at part 2 (offset 0, size 0, type 0x00) > new part entry > looking at part 3 (offset 0, size 0, type 0x00) > new part entry > Exiting MS-DOS parser > MSDOS partition table detected > Warning: Unable to open /dev/sdc read-write (Read-only file system). > /dev/sdc has been opened read-only. > got it > Warning: Unable to open /dev/sdc read-write (Read-only file system). > /dev/sdc has been opened read-only. > got disk > got partition - part->type=0 > Warning: Unable to open /dev/sdc read-write (Read-only file system). > /dev/sdc has been opened read-only. > Error: Can't write to /dev/sdc, because it is opened read-only. > ped_disk_commit_to_dev() failed > > 5. shred -fuz wont work - read only filesystem. > > i think because its half to 5, am at my wits end, please suggest help! > > Brian > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
