Can't copy or move files to external drive

Fixit7 · 02-03-2016, 02:41 AM

I can no longer copy or move files to sdb3.

It's an external USB drive.

What's up with that ?

Quote:

root# cp *.txt /mnt/sdb3/Linux_Files
cp: cannot create regular file ‘/mnt/sdb3/Linux_Files/CPU_TEMPS.txt’: Read-only file system

pan64 · 02-03-2016, 02:45 AM

how is it mounted?

Fixit7 · 02-03-2016, 03:09 AM

Not sure I understand.

Pmount is set to mount all it's partitions on each bootup.

pan64 · 02-03-2016, 03:11 AM

just execute a mount command and you will see the result

Fixit7 · 02-03-2016, 03:12 AM

It keeps telling me it's read only.

How can an external drive be read only?

It has no O.S. on it.

I even deleted all partitions and created new ones.

Quote:

root# mount
rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)
/dev/root on / type ext3 (rw,relatime,data=ordered)
devtmpfs on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,relatime,size=2024784k,nr_inodes=216577,mode=755)
none on /proc type proc (rw,relatime)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,relatime,gid=2,mode=620,ptmxmode=000)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw,relatime)
shmfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,relatime,size=1006580k)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,relatime,size=1006580k)
/dev/sda1 on /mnt/sda1 type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,blksize=4096)
/dev/sda2 on /mnt/sda2 type ext3 (rw,relatime,data=ordered)
/dev/sdb1 on /mnt/sdb1 type ntfs (ro,relatime,uid=0,gid=0,fmask=0177,dmask=077,nls=iso8859-1,errors=continue,mft_zone_multiplier=1)
/dev/sdb5 on /mnt/sdb5 type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,blksize=4096)

Fixit7 · 02-03-2016, 03:21 AM

Am also getting this message.

The ntfs-3g driver was unable to mount the NTFS partition and returned this error message:
fuse: mountpoint is not empty
fuse: if you are sure this is safe, use the non-empty mount option

So, the inbuilt kernel NTFS driver has been used to mount the partition read-only

pan64 · 02-03-2016, 03:34 AM

the drive is not read only, just one filesystem
the reason: mount point is not empty. Umount that drive and clean up the directory /mnt/sdb1 and retry

Fixit7 · 02-03-2016, 03:45 AM

Directory is empty.

I am running chkdsk g: /r right now. (Repair)

It's gonna take a long time.

Then I have to do it for one other partition.

Fixit7 · 02-03-2016, 08:21 AM

The partition is still read-only. ????

pan64 · 02-03-2016, 08:22 AM

What did you make to change it? go to /var/log and check for related messages.

Fixit7 · 02-03-2016, 08:33 AM

I do not know what happened.

I did have to abort a Linux installation.

BW-userx · 02-27-2016, 10:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64

just execute a mount command and you will see the result

same problem here. I just (had to) start using fatdog64 (702) on my laptop (right now as I type this) on board HDD's two of them. One is user home partition another I use just to save data on. I cannot write to either hard drive. Downloading to it I get a read only message. it is auto mount. I can see the icons on my desktop, only it mounts read only.

So, I do not have a clue what you mean by

Quote:

just execute a mount command and you will see the result

just type mount in a terminal? Ok...

Code:

# mount
proc on /proc type proc (rw,relatime)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,relatime)
devtmpfs on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,relatime,size=1845544k,nr_inodes=461386,mode=755)
tmpfs on /aufs/pup_init type tmpfs (ro,relatime)
/kernel-modules.sfs (deleted) on /aufs/kernel-modules type squashfs (ro,relatime)
/dev/loop1 on /aufs/pup_ro type squashfs (ro,relatime)
tmpfs on /aufs/pup_rw type tmpfs (rw,relatime)
aufs on / type aufs (rw,relatime,si=6a7f1e11aa640ecb)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,relatime,gid=3,mode=620,ptmxmode=000)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,relatime,mode=777)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,relatime)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup type cgroup (rw,relatime,cpuset,cpu,cpuacct,memory,devices,freezer,net_cls,blkio)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw,relatime)
/dev/sda2 on /mnt/sda2 type ext4 (rw,relatime,data=ordered)
/dev/sdb1 on /mnt/sdb1 type ext4 (rw,relatime,data=ordered)
/mnt/sdb1/Fatdog64-702.iso on /mnt/+mnt+sdb1+Fatdog64-702+iso type iso9660 (ro,relatime)
/dev/sda3 on /mnt/sda3 type ext4 (rw,relatime,data=ordered)
/dev/sdc on /mnt/sdc type iso9660 (ro,relatime,utf8)
/dev/sdd3 on /mnt/sdd3 type vfat (rw,relatime,fmask=0007,dmask=0007,allow_utime=0020,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,quiet,utf8,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/sdd1 on /mnt/sdd1 type vfat (rw,relatime,fmask=0007,dmask=0007,allow_utime=0020,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,quiet,utf8,errors=remount-ro)

ok so it seems one will need to open a terminal each time then type 'mount' before using anything outside the os before they can write to it????????????

Fixit7 · 02-27-2016, 11:09 AM

It turned out to be a problem with Tahr Puppy.

I now use Slacko which does not have that problem.

I also had a USB 3.0 card go bad.

When I plugged the hard drives into 2.0 ports, they worked fine.

pan64 · 02-27-2016, 11:35 AM

that kind of errors can be checked in /var/log