USB memory sticks get mounted as read only

[B.J. McClure]

On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 21:01 +1000, Ken McLennan wrote:

> > Have you guys tried this:
> >
> > http://linuxblog.pansapiens.com/2007/10/22/mounting-usb-key-in-ubuntu-gutsy-710-the-usefree-error/
> >
> > (brought to this list's attention in a recent thread--search for
> > 'usefree'). Worked for me.
> >   
> 
>     Unfortunately it didn't work for me and I've not found any other 
> suggestions to remedy the problem. I've tried shifting the "usefree" up 
> & down in the order of options, but without success. If anyone has any 
> other suggestions I'd be happy to hear them.
> 
> Ken McLennan
> Qld, Australia

I removed `usefree` from the list, rebooted and USB mounting works again. YMMV

B.J.

CentOS 5.0, Linux 2.6.18-8.1.15.el5 x86_64 05:23:08 up 15:15, 1 user,
load average: 0.03, 0.04, 0.00
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