usb marked as read-only

[Michael]

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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:-)~MIKE~(-:
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