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Re: [LUG] how to fix read only USB key?

 


On 04/06/2015 10:04, Tom wrote:
> On 03/06/15 22:56, Eion MacDonald wrote:
>> Dear folk, stupidly I cancelled a half written linux with uNetbootin to
>> a USB key. I find it mounts 'read-only' and GParted  will not reformat.
>> Is there a way to recover a usable USB Key from 'read-only' status to
>> read-write status?
>> Any help appreciated.
>>
> sudo hdparm -r0 /dev/sdb      or wherever the usb is
> unplug usb and plug in again..
> 
> another technique is to
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=1M
> unplug usb and plug in again..
> 
> make sure you have the right usb or else!!!!!
> usual at your own risk stuff
> Tom te tom te tom

response as root or user 'failed to open read only file system'
Thanks for second part using dd, I had not tried that before.
Seems locked as a CD?
-- 
regards
Eion MacDonald

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