After a hiccup or two i have managed to get a system of sorts running but on trying to copy files from my old computer via a memory stick it tells me that vfat is an unknown file system on my old computer i am running 32 bit opensuse 11 2 as a dual boot system with windows xp and have no problems moving files between the two different file.
Ubuntu memory stick read only file system.
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I have a usb flash memory which i can t do anything on it because its read only.
This is because the file system is mounted as read only.
In such a scenario you have to mount it in read write mode.
Browse to the ubuntu iso file you downloaded select it and click the green ok button.
A file browser dialog will appear.
Select the ubuntu iso file.
To confirm file system is.
How to check if file system is read only.
Select the appropriate iso file and click on open.
Sudo fdisk l device boot start end sectors size id type dev sdc1 2048 7864319 7862272 3 8g b w95 fat32 i ve tried to fix file system with mkfs and i got this.
In the screenshot below we re selecting the ubuntu 19 04 iso image from the downloads folder.
Before that we will see how to check if the file system is mounted in read only mode and then we will get to how to remount it as a read write filesystem.
The extended file system ext was the first file system created specifically for the linux kernel.
If this is the only iso file present in the downloads folder you will only see one file listed.
For example macos can read but not write to disks formatted with ntfs.