"Read Only" file system

[Jim]

On 08/23/2013 05:29 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On 08/23/2013 02:23 PM, Jim issued this missive:
>> Fedora 18 / kde
>>
>> My Flash Drive has somehow been change to "Read Only" and I cannot
>> delete files from it.
>>
>> The drive is at /run/media/mickey/0A73-237A and the owner is user
>> mickey:mickey  in /mickey/0A73-237A the files on this drive are at;
>> -rw-r--r--.  1 mickey mickey       967 Aug 23 16:15 yumex
>> -rw-r--r--.  1 mickey mickey      5107 Aug  5 10:55 yum-update
>>
>> Everytime I try to "rm yumex" I get a ReadOnly file system
>>
>> How do I change this ??
>
> Check the mountpoint and verify it's got the right ownerships and
> permissions:
>
>     ls -ld /run/media/mickey/0A73-237A
>
> If it's correct, you could try remounting it RW:
>
>     mount -o remount,rw /run/media/mickey/0A73-237A
>
> If that works, then just why it became RO is a question. Is it an old
> FLASH drive that may be on its last legs? Remember that FLASH drives
> have a limited number of write cycles.
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Mount point is ;
rwx------. 25 mickey mickey 8192 Dec 31  1969 /run/media/mickey/0A73-237A

I ran   mount -o remount,rw /run/media/mickey/0A73-237A and I still get 
"Read Only" file system when I try to
"rm yum-update".