frustrations w/ usb drive being mounted read only

[Jonathan Jesse]

> Hello,
>
> I am currently running Edgy and it appears that maybe since a recent
> update my USB drive is being mounted read only or is changing in the midst
> of using it to read only.
> Let me explain, if you recall earlier I started a thread about my 120 Gig
> USB drive and the lsit helped me format it in vfat.
> SO I am trying to run some VMs off it and it seems in 4/5 reboots my USB
> drive is mounted read only if I have plugged in upon restart.  Also it is
> "randomly" becoming read only in the midst of operations.
> Is the file system that I picked causing the problems?  Should I have
> picked something better like ext3 or something?
>
> Any help on why a drive would suddenly become read only?
>
>
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> Jonathan Jesse
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Apologies for double posting, hit the send button twice cause I'm impatient
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Jonathan Jesse