"Read Only" file system

[poma]

On 24.08.2013 02:09, Jim wrote:
> On 08/23/2013 07:00 PM, poma wrote:
>> On 24.08.2013 00:30, Thomas Cameron wrote:
>>> On 08/23/2013 05:19 PM, Jim wrote:
>>>> On 08/23/2013 05:45 PM, Mateusz Marzantowicz wrote:
>>>>> On 23.08.2013 23:40, Jim wrote:
>>>>>> On 08/23/2013 05:29 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
>>>>>> 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".
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> What do dmesg/journalctl and fsck say?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Mateusz Marzantowicz
>>>> root at BigOne 0A73-237A]# fsck
>>>> fsck from util-linux 2.22.2
>>>> e2fsck 1.42.5 (29-Jul-2012)
>>>> /dev/sda5 is mounted.
>>>> e2fsck: Cannot continue, aborting.
>>>>
>>>> The Flash drive is  /dev/sdj1
>>> As root, do:
>>>
>>> umount /run/media/mickey/0A73-237A
>>> fsck -y /dev/sdj1
>>>
>>> See what it says.
>> If this doesn't work, reformat a drive with all file systems that can
>> drive in, and if it doesn't work again, send it to the chef Todd to make
>> a filler burger of it.
>>
>>
>>
>> poma
>>
>>
> I was able to move all of the folders and files , except two files I was
> having problems with.
> 
> Then I formatted  the flash-drive back to fat32, and now it is working, .
> 
> i can't understand what went wrong with the two files, all the folders
> and files on drive could not be deleted or sent to trashed,
> but I was able to Copy them to my PC ~/home.

It happens all the time. A flash drives especially with the fatxx on
them aren't something you can call reliable.
Backup, backup, backup.


poma