SD Cards kind of wonky

[Dotan Cohen]

2008/11/1 Dave M G <martin at autotelic.com>:
> Ubuntu Users,
>
> Maybe there's something I don't get about the new system for removable
> drives. Things have definitely changed, now that there are eject icons
> alongside the drives that get mounted and all.
>
> The thing is, it seems like whenever I insert an SD card, it's always
> read only. I've double checked and rechecked to make sure the little
> "lock" switch on the card is set to be unlocked.
>
> But, whenever I put in an SD card, I can't write or edit any files.
>
> The weird thing is, though, that I left a 2 GB SD card in the slot of my
> USB reader over night, and this morning when I checked it, I was able to
> write and remove files.
>
> Did it just need time?
>
> Is there something I'm not getting about how SD cards are not mounted?
>
> In Hardy, I just inserted the disk and it was ready to go. Is there
> something more to it now in Intrepid?
>
> Enquiring minds want to know...
>
> Any advice would be much appreciated.
>

Were these cards recently used in Windows computers? Did you properly
unmount them before removing them in Windows (or Linux)? Not doing so
leaves the drive in a state that Ubuntu will not take a risk writing
to the drive. You will see that the filesystem panics when you plug
USB drives in that have not been properly unmounted in Windows.

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