maybe that is why it ran out of space? On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 12:06 PM Michael 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~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: