usb marked as read-only
Michael
bmike1 at gmail.com
Mon Jan 16 12:47:12 MST 2023
yeahhhh.. I tried the r option yesterday. Got the same output.
michael at desktop1:~$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 779M 1.5M 777M 1% /run
/dev/sda2 234G 151G 72G 68% /
tmpfs 3.8G 84M 3.8G 3% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5.0M 4.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock
/dev/sda1 511M 5.3M 506M 2% /boot/efi
tmpfs 779M 92K 779M 1% /run/user/1000
/dev/sdb1 12G 12G 0 100% /media/michael/Kali Live
/dev/sdb2 876K 868K 8.0K 100% /media/michael/6383-98E2
michael at desktop1:~$
sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb
[sudo] password for michael:
Disk /dev/sdb: 28.64 GiB, 30752636928 bytes, 60063744 sectors
Disk model: Ultra
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x43665e8c
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdb1 * 64 24395943 24395880 11.6G 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb2 24395944 24397735 1792 896K 1 FAT12
On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 2:38 PM Rusty Carruth via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
> man fsck says:
>
> The exit code returned by fsck is the sum of the following
> conditions:
>
> 0 No errors
> 1 Filesystem errors corrected
> 2 System should be rebooted
> 4 Filesystem errors left uncorrected
> 8 Operational error
> 16 Usage or syntax error
> 32 Checking canceled by user request
> 128 Shared-library error
>
> so zero means no errors without our having to guess (however, it implies
> that it did a check, but we're assuming that, so there is a guess there).
>
> You could try the '-r' option to fsck and it will tell you the return
> code and some other stuff, supposedly.
>
> Anyway, it would REALLY HELP to know what 'df -h' says. That would
> answer (most of) the questions I still have at this moment.
>
> Oh, how big is the USB stick? How much room is left?
>
> and what does 'sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb' say?
>
>
> On 1/16/23 12:22, Michael via PLUG-discuss 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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