Re: changing USB flash drive permissions

2012-02-20 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 12:47:35 +, richard wrote in message <20120218124735.495f9...@lap.g8jvm.com>: > On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 04:11:52 -0800 > "Weaver" wrote: > > > > > > Hi All > > > How do you change the drive permissions of a USB plugin flash > > > It was written with winxp, I feel nauseous e

Re: changing USB flash drive permissions

2012-02-18 Thread richard
On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 04:11:52 -0800 "Weaver" wrote: > > > Hi All > > How do you change the drive permissions of a USB plugin flash > > It was written with winxp, I feel nauseous every time I type that, > > and is read only > > Thanks > > I've found that MS put a funny little file on the drive wh

Re: changing USB flash drive permissions

2012-02-18 Thread Weaver
> Hi All > How do you change the drive permissions of a USB plugin flash > It was written with winxp, I feel nauseous every time I type that, > and is read only > Thanks I've found that MS put a funny little file on the drive when it's formatted to NTFS which makes it inaccessible through Unix va

Re: changing USB flash drive permissions

2012-02-18 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 18 feb 12, 11:20:57, Richard wrote: > Hi All > How do you change the drive permissions of a USB plugin flash > It was written with winxp, I feel nauseous every time I type that, > and is read only > Thanks Depends on the filesystem and the way it is mounted (automatically, fstab, etc.) Ki