On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 11:42:44 +0100 Stephan Seitz <stse+deb...@fsing.rootsland.net> wrote:
> The output of dmesg may give more information. after a # dmesg -c > /dev/null # dmesg [916392.905430] usb 3-6.2: new high-speed USB device number 8 using ehci_hcd [916393.015968] usb 3-6.2: New USB device found, idVendor=0781, idProduct=556b [916393.015975] usb 3-6.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [916393.015980] usb 3-6.2: Product: Cruzer Edge [916393.015983] usb 3-6.2: Manufacturer: SanDisk [916393.015985] usb 3-6.2: SerialNumber: 200435151107E3936DDD [916393.016660] scsi30 : usb-storage 3-6.2:1.0 [916394.022745] scsi 30:0:0:0: Direct-Access SanDisk Cruzer Edge 1.26 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 [916394.023549] sd 30:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg9 type 0 [916394.025152] sd 30:0:0:0: [sdi] 125031680 512-byte logical blocks: (64.0 GB/59.6 GiB) [916394.028162] sd 30:0:0:0: [sdi] Write Protect is on [916394.028169] sd 30:0:0:0: [sdi] Mode Sense: 43 00 80 00 [916394.031417] sd 30:0:0:0: [sdi] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [916394.055963] sdi: sdi1 [916394.063433] sd 30:0:0:0: [sdi] Attached SCSI removable disk then: # dd bs=4M if=debian-live-7.6.0-amd64-rescue.iso of=/dev/sdi && sync dd: opening `/dev/sdi': Read-only file system The drive does not have a HW write-protection switch. Where does this Write Protect come from, how can one get rid of it ? ????? Cheers, Ron. -- Government is not the solution to our problems; government is the problem. -- Ronald Wilson Reagan -- http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141219075535.3f451...@ron.cerrocora.org