Or the SD card is corrupted, and no longer works; time to replace it
On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 12:00 PM Jason Barnett <[email protected]> wrote: > Usually when I have this issue, it is because the little "lock" switch on > the edge of the SD card has gotten moved to the "locked" position, which > will prevent you from writing to it. > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 11:56 AM John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I should know how to do this, but I can't figure it out. > > > > I have a 2GB SD card that came with a new BiPAP machine > > (Philips-Respironics Dreamstation). I can only mount it read-only. It > > is formatted FAT32. My software (SleepyHead) can import the data from > > it, but I wish to add a small .xls file to it. I started by trying the > > GUI Gnome Disk Manager, but it refuses to reformat or delete the > > partition 'because it is mounted read-only.' I also tried Gparted GUI, > > but got the same results. Either of these programs can mount/unmount the > > partition, but regardless of whether it is mounted or not I cannot > > delete the partition. > > > > There is a possibly related issue. When I insert the card into the SD > > card slot on my laptop nothing can see it, yet the slot works fine > > with other cards. I have a couple SD card to USB adapters, and one of > > them works, but not the other. > > > > I haven't tried the command line yet, mostly because I don't know > > commands for gparted. (Yeah, I could look them up, but if the GUI won't > > do it, chances are I'll have the same problem at the command line.) > > > > What am I missing? > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
