Fwd: USB Drive sometimes auto mounts as read-only (resolved)

[bragas]

Seem mine have same problem too..

2008/4/27 Anna EdwARds <ash.1574 at hotmail.com>:

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> Date: Sat Apr 26 14:30:01 PDT 2008
> From: Niels Andersen
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> Subject: Fwd: USB Drive sometimes auto mounts as read-only (resolved)
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> || My USB Drive sometimes auto mounts as a read-only file system on Ubuntu
> 7.10 i386 desktop.
> || This does not happen frequently, but when it does, it means I can't
> update any files on the drive.
> || How do I switch it to a read-write file system? Is there something I can
> do to keep it
> || from being mounted as read-only?
>
> || I have tried unmounting it and inserting it into another USB port, with
> the same results.
> || I am going to reboot my desktop to see if I can | resolve this issue. If
> that fails, I
> || intend to copy all the files off the USB drive, format it (as FAT32),
> and then restore the files.
>
> |The reboot did not resolve the issue. Next, I will try copying the files
> from the USB drive,
> |reformat it, and then put the files back on.
>
> The reformat worked. Looks like the USB drive became corrupted...again!
>
> Before I reformatted the drive I copied all the files into a temporary
> directory,
> "Niels USB Drive", on my desktop.
>
> Since the drive was corrupted, the drag and drop would freeze, soI had to
> copy
> one sub-directory at a time. The drag and drops still froze, and the copy
> messages
> boxes never closed, so I had to check that the files were indeed copied
> to the temporary directory and could be opened.
>
> I had to log out a couple of times to clear the copy messages, and then
> continue
> copying directories to the temporary directory.
>
> Once the files were copied, I used fdisk -l to determine the drive name
> (/dev/sdc1).
> Then used the Gnome Partition Editor, Gparted (previously installed), to
> unmount
> and format the USB drive as FAT32. The USB drive needs to be readable by a
> Windows XP machine, so FAT32 is mandatory.
>
> Gparted is scary, because it is possible to inadvertently format the hard
> drive
> instead of the USB drive (I have not, and never intend to confirm this
> statement).
>
> I like my drives to have names so after the drive had been formatted I used
> mlabel to
> label the drive:
>
> $ sudo mlabel -i /dev/sdc1 ::Niels
>
> The new label doesn't show up, so I unmounted and re-mounted the drive to
> confirm that ubuntu could see the new label.
>
> Lastly I copied the files back.
>
> --
> Niels Andersen
> Guelph, Ontario, Canada
>
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