Just to indicate that I got strictly the same problem with an external USB Disk (a Western digital external USB disk) It is a recent bug for me.
"ro" option seems is displayed by properties window. -- gutsy incorrectly recognizes an external USB harddrive as "read only" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159711 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs