How to change read-only permission of external hard drive
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I have an FreeAgent GoFlex Drive that I would like to save data to via my Raspberry Pi 3. I'm able to view jpegs from the drive, but not save data to it. When I attempt to change permissions, I get the following error:
chmod 755 FreeAgent GoFlex Drive/
chmod: changing permisssons of 'FreeAgent GoFlex Drive/': Read-only file system
What do I do in order to be able to save to it? I have data on there, so formatting is not an option.
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I have an FreeAgent GoFlex Drive that I would like to save data to via my Raspberry Pi 3. I'm able to view jpegs from the drive, but not save data to it. When I attempt to change permissions, I get the following error:
chmod 755 FreeAgent GoFlex Drive/
chmod: changing permisssons of 'FreeAgent GoFlex Drive/': Read-only file system
What do I do in order to be able to save to it? I have data on there, so formatting is not an option.
raspberry-pi chmod
asked Feb 17 at 12:19
matsuo_basho
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Please post the output ofmount | grep FreeAgentwhile it is mounted.
– Ned64
Feb 17 at 12:24
mount | grep FreeAgent GoFlex Drive/gives no output
– matsuo_basho
Feb 17 at 22:08
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I have an FreeAgent GoFlex Drive that I would like to save data to via my Raspberry Pi 3. I'm able to view jpegs from the drive, but not save data to it. When I attempt to change permissions, I get the following error:
chmod 755 FreeAgent GoFlex Drive/
chmod: changing permisssons of 'FreeAgent GoFlex Drive/': Read-only file system
What do I do in order to be able to save to it? I have data on there, so formatting is not an option.
raspberry-pi chmod
asked Feb 17 at 12:19
matsuo_basho
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I have an FreeAgent GoFlex Drive that I would like to save data to via my Raspberry Pi 3. I'm able to view jpegs from the drive, but not save data to it. When I attempt to change permissions, I get the following error:
chmod 755 FreeAgent GoFlex Drive/
chmod: changing permisssons of 'FreeAgent GoFlex Drive/': Read-only file system
What do I do in order to be able to save to it? I have data on there, so formatting is not an option.
raspberry-pi chmod
asked Feb 17 at 12:19
matsuo_basho
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asked Feb 17 at 12:19
matsuo_basho
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asked Feb 17 at 12:19
matsuo_basho
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asked Feb 17 at 12:19
matsuo_basho
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Please post the output ofmount | grep FreeAgentwhile it is mounted.
– Ned64
Feb 17 at 12:24
mount | grep FreeAgent GoFlex Drive/gives no output
– matsuo_basho
Feb 17 at 22:08
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Please post the output ofmount | grep FreeAgentwhile it is mounted.
– Ned64
Feb 17 at 12:24
mount | grep FreeAgent GoFlex Drive/gives no output
– matsuo_basho
Feb 17 at 22:08
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Please post the output of
mount | grep FreeAgent while it is mounted.– Ned64
Feb 17 at 12:24
Please post the output of
mount | grep FreeAgent while it is mounted.– Ned64
Feb 17 at 12:24
mount | grep FreeAgent GoFlex Drive/ gives no output– matsuo_basho
Feb 17 at 22:08
mount | grep FreeAgent GoFlex Drive/ gives no output– matsuo_basho
Feb 17 at 22:08
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This could work:
Try to dismount (can be done with umount) it, restart PC and login as root or do sudo chroot 755 YOUR_HARD_DISK_DRIVE (if it gets mounted, dismount it again) and then manually mount it (create a subdir in /mnt/ example "cd /mnt/, mkdir mntpnt1") then use mount command to mount it in /mnt/ (or wherever you like).
Also is there any documentation from Hard Disk Drive's manufacturer? If yes, make sure you read it.
answered Feb 17 at 12:32
Fido-X
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Viola mount -o remount,rw /path/to/remount
answered Feb 17 at 12:43
jas-
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sudo mount -o remount,rw FreeAgent GoFlex Drive/gives following error:mount: cannot remount /dev/sda1 read-write, is write-protected
– matsuo_basho
Feb 17 at 22:10
It might have a hardware switch that needs to be flipped, have you looked at the user manual?
– jas-
Feb 18 at 6:07
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2 Answers
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This could work:
Try to dismount (can be done with umount) it, restart PC and login as root or do sudo chroot 755 YOUR_HARD_DISK_DRIVE (if it gets mounted, dismount it again) and then manually mount it (create a subdir in /mnt/ example "cd /mnt/, mkdir mntpnt1") then use mount command to mount it in /mnt/ (or wherever you like).
Also is there any documentation from Hard Disk Drive's manufacturer? If yes, make sure you read it.
answered Feb 17 at 12:32
Fido-X
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This could work:
Try to dismount (can be done with umount) it, restart PC and login as root or do sudo chroot 755 YOUR_HARD_DISK_DRIVE (if it gets mounted, dismount it again) and then manually mount it (create a subdir in /mnt/ example "cd /mnt/, mkdir mntpnt1") then use mount command to mount it in /mnt/ (or wherever you like).
Also is there any documentation from Hard Disk Drive's manufacturer? If yes, make sure you read it.
answered Feb 17 at 12:32
Fido-X
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up vote
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This could work:
Try to dismount (can be done with umount) it, restart PC and login as root or do sudo chroot 755 YOUR_HARD_DISK_DRIVE (if it gets mounted, dismount it again) and then manually mount it (create a subdir in /mnt/ example "cd /mnt/, mkdir mntpnt1") then use mount command to mount it in /mnt/ (or wherever you like).
Also is there any documentation from Hard Disk Drive's manufacturer? If yes, make sure you read it.
answered Feb 17 at 12:32
Fido-X
1225
This could work:
Try to dismount (can be done with umount) it, restart PC and login as root or do sudo chroot 755 YOUR_HARD_DISK_DRIVE (if it gets mounted, dismount it again) and then manually mount it (create a subdir in /mnt/ example "cd /mnt/, mkdir mntpnt1") then use mount command to mount it in /mnt/ (or wherever you like).
Also is there any documentation from Hard Disk Drive's manufacturer? If yes, make sure you read it.
answered Feb 17 at 12:32
Fido-X
1225
answered Feb 17 at 12:32
Fido-X
1225
answered Feb 17 at 12:32
Fido-X
1225
answered Feb 17 at 12:32
Fido-X
1225
1225
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add a comment |Â
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Viola mount -o remount,rw /path/to/remount
answered Feb 17 at 12:43
jas-
71038
sudo mount -o remount,rw FreeAgent GoFlex Drive/gives following error:mount: cannot remount /dev/sda1 read-write, is write-protected
– matsuo_basho
Feb 17 at 22:10
It might have a hardware switch that needs to be flipped, have you looked at the user manual?
– jas-
Feb 18 at 6:07
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
Viola mount -o remount,rw /path/to/remount
answered Feb 17 at 12:43
jas-
71038
sudo mount -o remount,rw FreeAgent GoFlex Drive/gives following error:mount: cannot remount /dev/sda1 read-write, is write-protected
– matsuo_basho
Feb 17 at 22:10
It might have a hardware switch that needs to be flipped, have you looked at the user manual?
– jas-
Feb 18 at 6:07
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
Viola mount -o remount,rw /path/to/remount
answered Feb 17 at 12:43
jas-
71038
Viola mount -o remount,rw /path/to/remount
answered Feb 17 at 12:43
jas-
71038
answered Feb 17 at 12:43
jas-
71038
answered Feb 17 at 12:43
jas-
71038
answered Feb 17 at 12:43
jas-
71038
71038
sudo mount -o remount,rw FreeAgent GoFlex Drive/gives following error:mount: cannot remount /dev/sda1 read-write, is write-protected
– matsuo_basho
Feb 17 at 22:10
It might have a hardware switch that needs to be flipped, have you looked at the user manual?
– jas-
Feb 18 at 6:07
add a comment |Â
sudo mount -o remount,rw FreeAgent GoFlex Drive/gives following error:mount: cannot remount /dev/sda1 read-write, is write-protected
– matsuo_basho
Feb 17 at 22:10
It might have a hardware switch that needs to be flipped, have you looked at the user manual?
– jas-
Feb 18 at 6:07
sudo mount -o remount,rw FreeAgent GoFlex Drive/ gives following error: mount: cannot remount /dev/sda1 read-write, is write-protected– matsuo_basho
Feb 17 at 22:10
sudo mount -o remount,rw FreeAgent GoFlex Drive/ gives following error: mount: cannot remount /dev/sda1 read-write, is write-protected– matsuo_basho
Feb 17 at 22:10
It might have a hardware switch that needs to be flipped, have you looked at the user manual?
– jas-
Feb 18 at 6:07
It might have a hardware switch that needs to be flipped, have you looked at the user manual?
– jas-
Feb 18 at 6:07
add a comment |Â
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Please post the output of
mount | grep FreeAgentwhile it is mounted.– Ned64
Feb 17 at 12:24
mount | grep FreeAgent GoFlex Drive/gives no output– matsuo_basho
Feb 17 at 22:08