I have this problem in 9.10 (and previously 9.04). :~$ mount ... /dev/sdb1 on /media/Data type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=devkit,uid=1000,gid=1000,shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,flush)
:~$ dmesg ... [33388.654747] FAT: Filesystem error (dev sdb1) [33388.654754] fat_free_clusters: deleting FAT entry beyond EOF [33388.654759] File system has been set read-only :~$ uname -r 2.6.31-14-generic The issue is repeatably caused by running something like rsync --delete -a --modify-window=1 $FROM $TO ($FROM contains a lot of folders/files/data) For completeness, here is the dmesg output when inserting the usb drive: :~$ dmesg ... [ 75.252227] usb 2-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5 [ 75.385611] usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [ 75.415907] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... [ 75.416148] scsi5 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices [ 75.416606] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage [ 75.416610] USB Mass Storage support registered. [ 75.416729] usb-storage: device found at 5 [ 75.416731] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning [ 80.412422] usb-storage: device scan complete [ 80.413012] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access WD 3200BMV External 1.75 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4 [ 80.413366] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 [ 80.418103] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] 625142448 512-byte logical blocks: (320 GB/298 GiB) [ 80.418658] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off [ 80.418661] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00 [ 80.418663] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 80.419984] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 80.419990] sdb: sdb1 [ 80.462590] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 80.462595] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk ... I believe fsck to be useless for fat32 systems. Correct me if I'm wrong. -- Cannot mount FAT partitions https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/35054 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
