What makes a usb stick from Read write -> read only
by andrewysk from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5J728)
I am having Endeavorous linux KDE "can't write configuration file" issue.
Hence doing some manual copy of data from from /home to a usb drive.
I created a folder on the usbstick on the problematic laptop and transferred some data over 1 time, then paste it to a desktop.
Plugged the same usbstick the 2nd time on the same problematic laptop, wanted to create another folder to do data transfer again.. but this time it said :
Code:mkdir: cannot create directory 'folder': Read-only file systemWhy did it changes mounting of my usbstick to read-only file system instead of normal Read-write file system ? What made the decision ?
I have to do :
Code:sudo mount -o remount,rw '/run/media/user/usbstick'so that it changes mounting to Read-write file system .
Only after this i can create a new folder in the usbstick.
My question is why it changes ? What causes it to change ? is this the same thing that causes my current issue "can't write configuration file" ?
Thanks
Hence doing some manual copy of data from from /home to a usb drive.
I created a folder on the usbstick on the problematic laptop and transferred some data over 1 time, then paste it to a desktop.
Plugged the same usbstick the 2nd time on the same problematic laptop, wanted to create another folder to do data transfer again.. but this time it said :
Code:mkdir: cannot create directory 'folder': Read-only file systemWhy did it changes mounting of my usbstick to read-only file system instead of normal Read-write file system ? What made the decision ?
I have to do :
Code:sudo mount -o remount,rw '/run/media/user/usbstick'so that it changes mounting to Read-write file system .
Only after this i can create a new folder in the usbstick.
My question is why it changes ? What causes it to change ? is this the same thing that causes my current issue "can't write configuration file" ?
Thanks