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Re: can't remove a file from a USB drive

nelz — Sat Oct 06, 2012 10:11 pm

Author: nelz

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 10:11 pm

Threads do get resurrected, sometimes genuinely.

Re: can't remove a file from a USB drive

Ram — Sat Oct 06, 2012 8:45 pm

Author: Ram

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 8:45 pm

But there is no need to add to this thread, problem & solution posted.

Like the edit though

Re: can't remove a file from a USB drive

nelz — Sat Oct 06, 2012 5:42 pm

Author: nelz

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 5:42 pm

I'd rather delete the idiots than prevent genuine users being able to use the thread.

Re: can't remove a file from a USB drive

Ram — Sat Oct 06, 2012 5:39 pm

Author: Ram

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 5:39 pm

Think you should lock this thread, might stop the stupid idiots posting.

Re: can't remove a file from a USB drive

Anonymous — Sat Oct 06, 2012 3:43 pm

Author: Anonymous

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 3:43 pm

Long Path Tool helped me in this situation, but don't listen to a stupid spammer like me.

Re: can't remove a file from a USB drive

Rhakios — Tue Sep 11, 2012 8:42 pm

Author: Rhakios

Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 8:42 pm

Ram wrote:

heiowge wrote:

You are aware this is a LINUX forum?

This made me laugh

No special system requirements. LONG PATH Tool works on any Windows version (NT/2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7).

Or indeed, knife, fork and plate.

Re: can't remove a file from a USB drive

Ram — Tue Sep 11, 2012 12:57 pm

Author: Ram

Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 12:57 pm

heiowge wrote:

You are aware this is a LINUX forum?

This made me laugh

No special system requirements. LONG PATH Tool works on any Windows version (NT/2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7).

Re: can't remove a file from a USB drive

heiowge — Tue Sep 11, 2012 12:02 pm

Author: heiowge

Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 12:02 pm

You are aware this is a LINUX forum?

Re: can't remove a file from a USB drive

JimCameron — Tue Sep 11, 2012 11:11 am

Author: JimCameron

Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 11:11 am

Long Path Tool helped me in this situation. http://DeleteLongFile.com

Re: can't remove a file from a USB drive

nelz — Wed Jul 18, 2012 12:19 am

Author: nelz

Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 12:19 am

It said read-only filesystem, not read-only file, so chmod won't help. In fact it won't do anything because the filesystem is read-only. This is not unusual with USB sticks and is usually caused by a filesystem error causing the kernel to mount the stick read-only to prevent damage. Unmounting and remounting the stick generally works, unless the filesystem is already damaged.

Re: can't remove a file from a USB drive

wyliecoyoteuk — Fri Jul 13, 2012 12:38 pm

Author: wyliecoyoteuk

Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 12:38 pm

If it was saying "read only file system", then it was mounted as read only, i.e. like CD.

Re: can't remove a file from a USB drive

Ram — Thu Jul 12, 2012 11:11 pm

Author: Ram

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 11:11 pm

GIYF man chmod

Re: can't remove a file from a USB drive

Rhakios — Thu Jul 12, 2012 10:48 pm

Author: Rhakios

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 10:48 pm

I have "Linux Command: Instant Reference" which is a bit like that, but it's one short reach from my desk. And much better than "Linux Complete", which is basically just all of man from a particular era in print.

Re: can't remove a file from a USB drive

heiowge — Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:15 pm

Author: heiowge

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:15 pm

Something like that. I did reach from my little CLI book, but it's not there. I think it's in the loft and I left the Fedora based Linux guide down here instead. The book isn't in plain English. It's like "Man pages - the full volume!"

Re: can't remove a file from a USB drive

Rhakios — Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:06 pm

Author: Rhakios

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:06 pm

Sometimes it's as simple as going to the file's properties in your preferred file manager and ticking the Write box. However, as your error seems to indicate a read only file system, I assume the stick itself hadn't mounted properly, that's a bit odd, presumably after you pulled it and reinserted it, it remounted rw, as one would expect.