On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 12:13:59 +0100 Frédéric Marchal <frederic.marc...@wowtechnology.com> wrote:
> A google search reveals it is a common problem that should be fixed with > sudo hdparm -r0 /dev/sdi # hdparm -r0 /dev/sdi /dev/sdi: setting readonly to 0 (off) readonly = 0 (off) after which again: # dd bs=4M if=debian-live-7.6.0-amd64-rescue.iso of=/dev/sdi && sync dd: opening `/dev/sdi': Read-only file system "Karl E. Jorgensen" <k...@jorgensen.org.uk> wrote: > What does: > ls -l /dev/sdi > report? I suspect it will say the file does not exist. # ls -l /dev/sdi brw-rw---T 1 root floppy 8, 128 Dec 19 07:59 /dev/sdi > If /dev/sdi does not exist, dd will attempt to create it. As a normal > file. Which is probably not what you want... > Similarly, can /dev actually be written to? The output of a command > like this would be instructive: > touch /dev/somefile-which-doesnt-exist # touch /dev/somefile-which-doesnt-exist # ls -l /dev/somefile-which-doesnt-exist -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 19 09:54 /dev/somefile-which-doesnt-exist My gast remains fiercely flabbered... Cheers, Ron. -- George Orwell was an optimist. -- Isaac Asimov -- 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/20141219150725.1f31a...@ron.cerrocora.org