Changing partitions r/w access on a usb

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Changing partitions r/w access on a usb

Post#1 by francois » 10 Apr 2019, 16:02

I got I do not know why into the impossibility to write on my usb partitions. Is there any trick with fdisk or any other software to get it to be read/write by root. And also by any user. I want to keep the actual data.

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Changing partitions r/w access on a usb

Post#2 by Ed_P » 10 Apr 2019, 18:36

The answer I usually see is Return it to the seller for a replacement. If the seller won't take it back return it to the manufacturer. If the files on the drive are confidential some manufacturers also allow you to destroy it with a hammer before returning it.
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Changing partitions r/w access on a usb

Post#3 by brokenman » 13 Apr 2019, 19:55

Did you by chance dd an image to it?
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Changing partitions r/w access on a usb

Post#4 by francois » 14 Apr 2019, 01:43

This is the usb key that I built based on that post, it includes three partitions and boots porteus with syslinux (the porteus install)
SOLVED: linux usb key recognized in window 10

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root@porteus:/mnt# BLKID

...
/dev/sdc1: UUID="86F3-9F22" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="5bc85df4-01"
/dev/sdc2: UUID="34103e53-f26a-4d02-8a9a-c6cb0915ab53" TYPE="ext2" PARTUUID="5bc85df4-02"
/dev/sdc3: UUID="97ef3e19-0c8a-4d56-9810-5a00bf6c5c95" TYPE="ext2" PARTUUID="5bc85df4-03"
/dev/sdc4: UUID="6480ccf9-485d-41d3-84e9-74f47c800ad4" TYPE="swap" PARTUUID="5bc85df4-04"

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root@porteus:/mnt# tree -L 2
...
├── sdc1
│   ├── EFI
│   ├── System Volume Information
│   ├── boot
│   └── desk_bkp_win
├── sdc2
│   ├── 180806changes.xzm
│   ├── 1_nemesis
│   ├── 64bit_v31
│   ├── affaires
│   ├── bureau
│   ├── desktop_bak
│   ├── isos
│   └── lost+found
├── sdc3
│   └── lost+found
└── sdc4

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root@porteus:~# mount /dev/sdc2 /mnt/sdc2
mount: /mnt/sdc2: WARNING: device write-protected, mounted read-only.
root@porteus:~# file -s /dev/sdc
/dev/sdc: DOS/MBR boot sector; partition 1 : ID=0xb, active, start-CHS (0x0,32,33), end-CHS (0x20,219,27), startsector 2048, 8237056 sectors; partition 2 : ID=0x83, start-CHS (0x20,219,28), end-CHS (0x3ff,254,63), startsector 8239104, 32233472 sectors; partition 3 : ID=0x83, start-CHS (0x3ff,254,63), end-CHS (0x3ff,254,63), startsector 40472576, 17440768 sectors; partition 4 : ID=0x82, start-CHS (0x3ff,254,63), end-CHS (0x3ff,254,63), startsector 57913344, 2652160 sectors
root@porteus:~# umount /dev/sdc2 /mnt/sdc2
umount: /mnt/sdc2: not mounted.
root@porteus:~# 
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Changing partitions r/w access on a usb

Post#5 by francois » 14 Apr 2019, 13:56

https://unix.stackexchange.com/question ... read-write

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root@porteus:~# e2fsck -n /dev/sdc
e2fsck 1.44.1 (24-Mar-2018)
ext2fs_open2: Bad magic number in super-block
e2fsck: Superblock invalid, trying backup blocks...
e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sdc

The superblock could not be read or does not describe a valid ext2/ext3/ext4
filesystem.  If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2/ext3/ext4
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
    e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
 or
    e2fsck -b 32768 <device>

/dev/sdc contains `DOS/MBR boot sector; partition 1 : ID=0xb, active, start-CHS (0x0,32,33), end-CHS (0x20,219,27), startsector 2048, 8237056 sectors; partition 2 : ID=0x83, start-CHS (0x20,219,28), end-CHS (0x3ff,254,63), startsector 8239104, 32233472 sectors; partition 3 : ID=0x83, start-CHS (0x3ff,254,63), end-CHS (0x3ff,254,63), startsector 40472576, 17440768 sectors; partition 4 : ID=0x82, start-CHS (0x3ff,254,63), end-CHS (0x3ff,254,63), startsector 57913344, 2652160 sectors' data
root@porteus:~# e2fsck -b 8193 /dev/sdc
e2fsck 1.44.1 (24-Mar-2018)
e2fsck: Read-only file system while trying to open /dev/sdc
Disk write-protected; use the -n option to do a read-only
check of the device.
root@porteus:~# e2fsck -b 32768 /dev/sdc
e2fsck 1.44.1 (24-Mar-2018)
e2fsck: Read-only file system while trying to open /dev/sdc
Disk write-protected; use the -n option to do a read-only
check of the device.
root@porteus:~# e2fsck -n -b 8193 /dev/sdc
e2fsck 1.44.1 (24-Mar-2018)
e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sdc

The superblock could not be read or does not describe a valid ext2/ext3/ext4
filesystem.  If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2/ext3/ext4
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
    e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
 or
    e2fsck -b 32768 <device>

/dev/sdc contains `DOS/MBR boot sector; partition 1 : ID=0xb, active, start-CHS (0x0,32,33), end-CHS (0x20,219,27), startsector 2048, 8237056 sectors; partition 2 : ID=0x83, start-CHS (0x20,219,28), end-CHS (0x3ff,254,63), startsector 8239104, 32233472 sectors; partition 3 : ID=0x83, start-CHS (0x3ff,254,63), end-CHS (0x3ff,254,63), startsector 40472576, 17440768 sectors; partition 4 : ID=0x82, start-CHS (0x3ff,254,63), end-CHS (0x3ff,254,63), startsector 57913344, 2652160 sectors' data
root@porteus:~# e2fsck -n -b 32768 /dev/sdc
e2fsck 1.44.1 (24-Mar-2018)
e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sdc

The superblock could not be read or does not describe a valid ext2/ext3/ext4
filesystem.  If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2/ext3/ext4
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
    e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
 or
    e2fsck -b 32768 <device>

/dev/sdc contains `DOS/MBR boot sector; partition 1 : ID=0xb, active, start-CHS (0x0,32,33), end-CHS (0x20,219,27), startsector 2048, 8237056 sectors; partition 2 : ID=0x83, start-CHS (0x20,219,28), end-CHS (0x3ff,254,63), startsector 8239104, 32233472 sectors; partition 3 : ID=0x83, start-CHS (0x3ff,254,63), end-CHS (0x3ff,254,63), startsector 40472576, 17440768 sectors; partition 4 : ID=0x82, start-CHS (0x3ff,254,63), end-CHS (0x3ff,254,63), startsector 57913344, 2652160 sectors' data
root@porteus:~# 
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Changing partitions r/w access on a usb

Post#6 by francois » 14 Apr 2019, 13:57

Maybe the only thing to do is to backup the data and then reformat the partitions.
What do you think?
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Post#7 by beny » 14 Apr 2019, 16:04

hi francois the read only system isn't a good thing, try to check the file system via gparted, usb do not have switch like sd card,after the gparted check, try to backup data.

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Changing partitions r/w access on a usb

Post#8 by francois » 14 Apr 2019, 20:02

Hello beny. It was not there in the begining and as a root user it is frankly not my style. I think it became read-only because of corrupt files from the output that I provided above.
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