usb marked as read-only

[Michael]

Ok, thanks. Funny thing is when I unmount it it keeps flashing. It even
keeps flashing after I eject it..

On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 2:24 PM Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I know some USB devices when they reach a critical fault level will go
> read-only when there are no longer any write cycles that can be safely
> applied. like SSD's But I haven ever run into it to verify.
>
> On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 2:23 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss <
> plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
>> creating persistence means I want to use the drive as if it were the main
>> drive.
>> The verbose flag is a big v? I tried the little v!
>>     sudo fsck -V $usb
>>    [sudo] password for michael:
>>    fsck from util-linux 2.37.2
>> Same thing.
>>    sudo fsck -Vf /dev/sdb ; echo $?
>>    fsck from util-linux 2.37.2
>>    0
>> I think the zero means there is nothing wrong with the drive.
>>
>> "You don't say what you booted on - the USB drive?  And what device is
>> that?"
>> What do you mean? I'm trying to run thOS from the pen drive? THe device
>> is /dev/sdb?
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 2:00 PM Rusty Carruth via PLUG-discuss <
>> plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I think it is probably too early to say if you need a new drive, and I
>>> don't know what you mean by 'create persistence', but I'll stick my foot
>>> in my mouth and ask a few questions.
>>>
>>> You don't say what you booted on - the USB drive?  And what device is
>>> that?
>>>
>>> When you run fsck, I suggest you use the -V option (verbose). Also, what
>>> is the return code from fsck? that is:
>>>
>>> sudo fsck -Vf /dev/sdb ; echo $?
>>>
>>> what number is the last thing before your next prompt?
>>>
>>> Did you boot from device /dev/sda?  Is anything mounted from /dev/sdb?
>>> (e.g. what does 'df -h' say (as one option))
>>>
>>> Finally, it is safer to do the fdisk commands manually and not use the
>>> 'printf' trick.  This works for me on all my systems:
>>>
>>> echo $usb ; sudo fdisk $usb
>>>
>>> (then I enter the commands to fdisk to create a new partition, or
>>> whatever)
>>>
>>> Oh, the very first thing I should have asked is, what does 'ls -l
>>> /dev/sdb' say?
>>>
>>> On 1/16/23 11:34, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
>>> > maybe that is why it ran out of space?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 12:06 PM Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> HI. On my Kali Live USB drive I am trying to create persistence. I
>>> did it
>>> >> once but then something happened (it ran out of space when I tried to
>>> >> install snort) so I started over. But when I tried tpo create
>>> persistence I
>>> >> got the read-only error. YOu know in my search to get it out of
>>> read-only I
>>> >> discovered that it might mean my file system is corrupted.. But when
>>> I ran
>>> >>     $ sudo fsck -f /dev/sdb
>>> >> it just responded
>>> >>     fsck from util-linux 2.37.2
>>> >> then when I attempted to follow the directions (that worked before:
>>> >>     sudo fdisk $usb <<< $(printf "n\np\n\n\n\nw")
>>> >>     Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.37.2).
>>> >>     Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write
>>> them.
>>> >>     Be careful before using the write command.
>>> >>     fdisk: cannot open /dev/sdb: Read-only file system
>>> >> I'm thinking I need a new drive. Anything the gurus know that would be
>>> >> beneficial before I spend the money on a new drive??
>>> >> --
>>> >> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>> >>
>>> >
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> Stephen
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