unable to write to usb mp3 player - how to change permissions for a device

[Tez]

Fun Kid wrote:
> Hi Tez,
>
> Thanks once again for your help.  Nothing seemed to work for me
> until I found a website which gave step-by-step instructions for
> partitioning and formatting usb flash drives.
>
> http://linuxactivist.blogspot.com/2006/08/linux-tip-resurrecting-broken-usb.html
>
> Partitioning and formatting worked for me.  My only concern is
> that I had to format my usb drive in FAT16.  I couldn't format it
> in FAT 32 and I don't know if I can use this usb drive with my
> windows machine anymore.  If not, it is not a big deal for me
> because all my music is in the linux machine anyways.
>
> Thanks again.
> Fun Kid
>
>   
Well a reformat is a last resort but at least you have a writeable drive
now.
Windows should still be able to read FAT16, it's one of the only file
systems that windows can read (FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS), so I don't see a
problem there. I'm glad you got everything working now.

Tez