Boston Linux & Unix (BLU) Home | Calendar | Mail Lists | List Archives | Desktop SIG | Hardware Hacking SIG
Wiki | Flickr | PicasaWeb | Video | Maps & Directions | Installfests | Keysignings
Linux Cafe | Meeting Notes | Blog | Linux Links | Bling | About BLU

BLU Discuss list archive


[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Mounting a SD card as RW still give RO filesystem



Dan Ritter wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 11:58:50AM -0500, David Kramer wrote:
>> I'm trying to copy files from my laptop onto the MicroSD card for my
>> cellphone using a card reader.  This has worked before, but now no
>> matter what I do, it says it's a read only filesystem.
>>
>>
>> So it's mounted rw, and I can't even write to it as root.
> 
> Does it have a write-protect switch on it?

No, this is a MicroSD card.  The ones about the size of your fingernail.

And the phone can write to it.







BLU is a member of BostonUserGroups
BLU is a member of BostonUserGroups
We also thank MIT for the use of their facilities.

Valid HTML 4.01! Valid CSS!



Boston Linux & Unix / webmaster@blu.org