I tested this again on the Kubuntu 7.04 Beta live CD, and the problem still occurs.
Example copy-command: ----------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/media$ cp /etc/fstab /media/disk/ cp: cannot create regular file `/media/disk/fstab': Read-only file system Permissions of the disk directory in /media ------------------------------------------------ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/media$ ls -l total 16 drwxr-xr-x 9 ubuntu root 16384 1970-01-01 00:00 disk Result of mount: --------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/media$ mount unionfs on / type unionfs (rw) proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) /sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=0755) varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777) procbususb on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw) udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755) devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) lrm on /lib/modules/2.6.20-12-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw) tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev) /dev/sdb1 on /media/disk type vfat (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,noatime,uid=999,utf8,shortname=lower) what does the command 'id' return? ---------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/media$ id uid=999(ubuntu) gid=999(ubuntu) groups=4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom),25(floppy),29(audio),30(dip),44(video),46(plugdev),110(netdev),111(lpadmin),113(powerdev),114(scanner),117(admin),999(ubuntu) -- Kubuntu Edgy: Can't write to USB stick https://launchpad.net/bugs/88147 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
