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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    Please post the output of mount | grep FreeAgent while it is mounted.
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  • mount | grep FreeAgent GoFlex Drive/ gives no output
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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




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    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












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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




share|improve this question












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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    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












  • 2




    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







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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.






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    Viola mount -o remount,rw /path/to/remount






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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
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      Feb 17 at 22:10











    • It might have a hardware switch that needs to be flipped, have you looked at the user manual?
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      Feb 18 at 6:07










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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.






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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.






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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.






        share|improve this answer












        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.







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            Viola mount -o remount,rw /path/to/remount






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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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            Viola mount -o remount,rw /path/to/remount






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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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            Viola mount -o remount,rw /path/to/remount






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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
















            • 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




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