<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> On 09/22/2010 02:21 PM, Daniel Louw wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:1285186887.1831.5.camel@daniel-linux" type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="GtkHTML/3.28.3"> This might be a silly question, but it is very frustrating. I have this memory stick, a 2 GB one formatted with FAT32. </blockquote> FAT32 is a Windows file system but should work fine at 2 GB. <blockquote cite="mid:1285186887.1831.5.camel@daniel-linux" type="cite"> I was working on a .C file stored on the memory stick, saving as I made progress with the code. Then all of a sudden I cannot save anymore. I get an error saying the disk is read only. I cannot create new folders or files or anything. chmod doesn't work, it simply says read only partition. What the hell? </blockquote> Tell us what kind of computer the memory stick is plugged into please. <blockquote cite="mid:1285186887.1831.5.camel@daniel-linux" type="cite"> Could it be because I compile directly on the disk?</blockquote> No. <blockquote cite="mid:1285186887.1831.5.camel@daniel-linux" type="cite"> I use the disk a lot at university and it is much easier to just work directly on the disk. Any help will be greatly appreciated! </blockquote> I think the computer your using might have changed the memory stick, or, the memory stick has just died. They do not have a long life, 73 Karl <blockquote cite="mid:1285186887.1831.5.camel@daniel-linux" type="cite">Regards Daniel </blockquote> <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI Linux User #450462 <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://counter.li.org">http://counter.li.org</a>. Key ID = 3951B48D </pre> </body> </html>