[Novalug] cleanup of memory stick

greg pryzby greg@pryzby.org
Sun Oct 14 12:04:40 EDT 2012


mount -o remount,rw  /media/B826-3C5D


On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 11:17 AM, Nino R. Pereira
<ninorpereira@gmail.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> I have an 8 GB memory stick that has too many files on it. I'd like to
> delete
> some of them, but I can't seem to find now to do that.
>
> I try the standard way, like this:
>
> pereira@steve:/media/B826-3C5D$ rm NewF*
> rm: cannot remove `NewFile11.csv': Read-only file system
> (snip)
>
> and this:
>
> pereira@steve:/media/B826-3C5D$ sudo rm NewF*
> rm: cannot remove `NewFile11.csv': Read-only file system
> (snip)
>
> and this, even though I know it shouldn't make any difference (and it
> doesn't):
>
> pereira@steve:/media/B826-3C5D$ sudo mv NewF* ~/.
> mv: cannot remove `NewFile11.csv': Read-only file system
> (snip).
>
> I also try with the mouse in a pictorial view of the file system: no
> difference
> (as it shouldn't either).
>
> What am I missing?
>
> Nino
>
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