SD cafd read only -

[jd1008]

On 05/16/2015 01:57 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
>
> I have an micro SD card that has turned read only. I have been trying 
> everything I can find to clear it for several hours.
>
> [root at box10 ~]# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdh bs=1M
> dd: error writing ‘/dev/sdh’: No space left on device
> 3726+0 records in
> 3725+0 records out
> 3906453504 bytes (3.9 GB) copied, 4.48747 s, 871 MB/s
>
> It's a 16GB device and was working normally until I tried to clear it 
> a few hours ago, fdisk and gparted also show it as 3.9 GB.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Bob
>
>
There is a super tiny sliding switch near the edge, away from the 
contact pins,
near the front. You will need to slide it to the other side from where 
it is now.