smartmedia write access

wincen · 11-19-2002, 01:50 AM

Running slack 8.1

So I'm can read from my smartmedia card usb reader, but I can't write to it.

when linux boots up I get a message during boot when the usb-storage module is loaded that says:

sda: Write Protect is on

when i try using hte mount command to mount the card, even with the -w flag I can still only read from the card.

This is the command I use:

mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/card

any ideas?
thanks.

MasterC · 11-19-2002, 05:33 AM

Give a umask as well in that command, so something like:
mount -t vfat -o umask=000 -w /dev/sda1 /mnt/card

Might do the trick, I always do things like that in my fstab though, to reduce the amount of typing involved each time I mount something. Oh and you probably don't need both the umask and the -w option, but I am sure it won't hurt.

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