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#1 2024-08-14 06:08:57

tugoese
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[SOLVED] USB: Read-only on FAT32 (LBA)

So I have this usb

Disk /dev/sdd: 96.25 MiB, 100925440 bytes, 197120 sectors
Disk model:  Flash Drive    
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xb70a3bc7

Device     Boot Start    End Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sdd1  *      128 197119  196992 96.2M  c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
.....
sdd                                                                              
└─sdd1 vfat   FAT32 CRIMSON  5C1D-C049                              92.1M     0% /run/media/akx/CRIMSON

It stuck with read-only permission

drwxr-xr-x 8 akx akx 1.0K Jan  1  1970 CRIMSON
ls: cannot access 'CRIMSON/System Volume Information': Input/output error
total 5.0K
-rw-r--r-- 1 akx akx    0 Aug 22  2020  config.txt
drwxr-xr-x 2 akx akx 1.0K Jan  5  2023  fgscript
drwxr-xr-x 5 akx akx 1.0K Jan  5  2023  fingerdb
drwxr-xr-x 2 akx akx 1.0K Jan  5  2023  kblayout
drwxr-xr-x 2 akx akx 1.0K Nov  3  2023  LOST.DIR
drwxr-xr-x 2 akx akx 1.0K Jan  5  2023  ondemand
-rw-r--r-- 1 akx akx    0 Aug  9 12:19  payload.txt
d????????? ? ?   ?      ?            ? 'System Volume Information'

Tried chmod all files into 777 and modifying fstab like this:

.....
# CRIMSON
UUID=5C1D-C049 /mnt vfat defaults,umask=000 0 0

All fails

It works fine on Windows & Mac OS

Last edited by tugoese (2024-08-15 11:35:59)

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#2 2024-08-14 06:12:33

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Re: [SOLVED] USB: Read-only on FAT32 (LBA)

What does dmesg(1) say about the device when you plug it in? That I/O error doesn't look healthy.


Jin, Jîyan, Azadî

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#3 2024-08-14 06:32:24

tugoese
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Re: [SOLVED] USB: Read-only on FAT32 (LBA)

(BEFORE) Here it is:

[15004.720781] usb 1-1.1: new full-speed USB device number 18 using ehci-pci
[15004.810966] usb 1-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=1c4f, idProduct=0026, bcdDevice= 1.30
[15004.810975] usb 1-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=1
[15004.810979] usb 1-1.1: SerialNumber: 130000000005
[15004.812285] input: HID 1c4f:0026 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.0/0003:1C4F:0026.001B/input/input41
[15004.867079] hid-generic 0003:1C4F:0026.001B: input,hidraw4: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [HID 1c4f:0026] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.1/input0
[15004.867898] input: HID 1c4f:0026 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.1/0003:1C4F:0026.001C/input/input42
[15004.868055] hid-generic 0003:1C4F:0026.001C: input,hidraw5: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [HID 1c4f:0026] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.1/input1
[15004.868144] usb-storage 1-1.1:1.2: USB Mass Storage device detected
[15004.868323] scsi host6: usb-storage 1-1.1:1.2
[15005.879746] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Ordinary  Flash Drive          PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[15005.883965] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] 197120 512-byte logical blocks: (101 MB/96.3 MiB)
[15005.885064] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] Write Protect is off
[15005.885071] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
[15005.886060] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] No Caching mode page found
[15005.886065] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] Assuming drive cache: write through
[15005.896503]  sde: sde1
[15005.896605] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] Attached SCSI removable disk
[15008.167801] FAT-fs (sde1): Volume was not properly unmounted. Some data may be corrupt. Please run fsck.
[15010.278228] FAT-fs (sde1): error, corrupted directory (invalid entries)
[15010.278235] FAT-fs (sde1): Filesystem has been set read-only
[15012.504519] FAT-fs (sde1): error, corrupted directory (invalid entries)
[15021.681774] usb 1-1.1: USB disconnect, device number 18
[15114.541979] usb 1-1.1: new full-speed USB device number 19 using ehci-pci
[15114.632326] usb 1-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=1c4f, idProduct=0026, bcdDevice= 1.30
[15114.632335] usb 1-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=1
[15114.632339] usb 1-1.1: SerialNumber: 130000000005
[15114.632707] usb 1-1.1: can't set config #1, error -32
[15202.928522] usb 1-1.1: USB disconnect, device number 19
[15204.397287] usb 1-1.1: new full-speed USB device number 20 using ehci-pci
[15204.485610] usb 1-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=1c4f, idProduct=0026, bcdDevice= 1.30
[15204.485629] usb 1-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=1
[15204.485633] usb 1-1.1: SerialNumber: 130000000005
[15204.486108] usb 1-1.1: can't set config #1, error -32
[15220.592421] usb 1-1.1: USB disconnect, device number 20
[15283.754707] usb 1-1.1: new full-speed USB device number 21 using ehci-pci
[15283.844808] usb 1-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=1c4f, idProduct=0026, bcdDevice= 1.30
[15283.844828] usb 1-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=1
[15283.844831] usb 1-1.1: SerialNumber: 130000000005
[15283.846078] input: HID 1c4f:0026 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.0/0003:1C4F:0026.001D/input/input43
[15283.898965] hid-generic 0003:1C4F:0026.001D: input,hidraw4: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [HID 1c4f:0026] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.1/input0
[15283.900037] input: HID 1c4f:0026 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.1/0003:1C4F:0026.001E/input/input44
[15283.900198] hid-generic 0003:1C4F:0026.001E: input,hidraw5: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [HID 1c4f:0026] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.1/input1
[15283.900323] usb-storage 1-1.1:1.2: USB Mass Storage device detected
[15283.900460] scsi host5: usb-storage 1-1.1:1.2
[15284.901858] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Ordinary  Flash Drive          PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[15284.905840] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdd] 197120 512-byte logical blocks: (101 MB/96.3 MiB)
[15284.906929] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off
[15284.906947] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdd] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
[15284.907943] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdd] No Caching mode page found
[15284.907946] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through
[15284.918345]  sdd: sdd1
[15284.918463] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdd] Attached SCSI removable disk
[15366.511428] usb 1-1.1: USB disconnect, device number 21
[15366.682747] device offline error, dev sdd, sector 8320 op 0x1:(WRITE) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 2
[15366.682758] Buffer I/O error on dev sdd1, logical block 8192, lost async page write
[15366.682777] device offline error, dev sdd, sector 129 op 0x1:(WRITE) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 0
[15366.682780] Buffer I/O error on dev sdd1, logical block 1, lost async page write
[15369.517993] usb 1-1.1: new full-speed USB device number 22 using ehci-pci
[15369.608228] usb 1-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=1c4f, idProduct=0026, bcdDevice= 1.30
[15369.608238] usb 1-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=1
[15369.608241] usb 1-1.1: SerialNumber: 130000000005
[15369.608609] usb 1-1.1: can't set config #1, error -32
[15394.250679] FAT-fs (sdd1): unable to read boot sector to mark fs as dirty
[15406.703183] usb 1-1.1: USB disconnect, device number 22
[15408.429717] usb 1-1.1: new full-speed USB device number 23 using ehci-pci
[15408.521748] usb 1-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=1c4f, idProduct=0026, bcdDevice= 1.30
[15408.521757] usb 1-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=1
[15408.521760] usb 1-1.1: SerialNumber: 130000000005
[15408.522249] usb 1-1.1: can't set config #1, error -32
[15421.807076] usb 1-1.1: USB disconnect, device number 23
[15507.754905] usb 1-1.1: new full-speed USB device number 24 using ehci-pci
[15507.843093] usb 1-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=1c4f, idProduct=0026, bcdDevice= 1.30
[15507.843102] usb 1-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=1
[15507.843105] usb 1-1.1: SerialNumber: 130000000005
[15507.843576] usb 1-1.1: can't set config #1, error -32
[15572.590044] usb 1-1.1: USB disconnect, device number 24

(AFTER) This is after I let Windows fix it:

[15900.717507] usb 1-1.1: new full-speed USB device number 27 using ehci-pci
[15900.807790] usb 1-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=1c4f, idProduct=0026, bcdDevice= 1.30
[15900.807811] usb 1-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=1
[15900.807814] usb 1-1.1: SerialNumber: 130000000005
[15900.809275] input: HID 1c4f:0026 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.0/0003:1C4F:0026.001F/input/input45
[15900.861894] hid-generic 0003:1C4F:0026.001F: input,hidraw4: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [HID 1c4f:0026] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.1/input0
[15900.862861] input: HID 1c4f:0026 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.1/0003:1C4F:0026.0020/input/input46
[15900.863192] hid-generic 0003:1C4F:0026.0020: input,hidraw5: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [HID 1c4f:0026] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.1/input1
[15900.863317] usb-storage 1-1.1:1.2: USB Mass Storage device detected
[15900.863473] scsi host5: usb-storage 1-1.1:1.2
[15901.874692] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Ordinary  Flash Drive          PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[15901.879078] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdd] 197120 512-byte logical blocks: (101 MB/96.3 MiB)
[15901.880173] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off
[15901.880177] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdd] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
[15901.881171] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdd] No Caching mode page found
[15901.881174] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through
[15901.891435]  sdd: sdd1
[15901.891539] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdd] Attached SCSI removable disk
[16016.498777] usb 1-1.1: USB disconnect, device number 27
[16016.585539] sdd: detected capacity change from 197120 to 0
[16016.833521] FAT-fs (sdd1): unable to read boot sector to mark fs as dirty
[16017.195559] usb 1-1.1: new full-speed USB device number 28 using ehci-pci
[16017.285815] usb 1-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=1c4f, idProduct=0026, bcdDevice= 1.30
[16017.285823] usb 1-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=1
[16017.285826] usb 1-1.1: SerialNumber: 130000000005
[16017.287209] input: HID 1c4f:0026 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.0/0003:1C4F:0026.0021/input/input47
[16017.340018] hid-generic 0003:1C4F:0026.0021: input,hidraw4: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [HID 1c4f:0026] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.1/input0
[16017.341104] input: HID 1c4f:0026 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.1/0003:1C4F:0026.0022/input/input48
[16017.341347] hid-generic 0003:1C4F:0026.0022: input,hidraw5: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [HID 1c4f:0026] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.1/input1
[16017.341455] usb-storage 1-1.1:1.2: USB Mass Storage device detected
[16017.341702] scsi host5: usb-storage 1-1.1:1.2
[16018.354283] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Ordinary  Flash Drive          PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[16018.358163] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdd] 197120 512-byte logical blocks: (101 MB/96.3 MiB)
[16018.359250] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off
[16018.359254] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdd] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
[16018.360245] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdd] No Caching mode page found
[16018.360248] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through
[16018.370517]  sdd: sdd1
[16018.370581] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdd] Attached SCSI removable disk
[16020.637906] FAT-fs (sdd1): Volume was not properly unmounted. Some data may be corrupt. Please run fsck.

Sometimes it works I just had to replug it, kinda buggy

Last edited by tugoese (2024-08-14 06:53:13)

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#4 2024-08-14 10:09:05

cryptearth
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Re: [SOLVED] USB: Read-only on FAT32 (LBA)

"System Volume Information" this is usually a system-folder only found on NTFS
please check with windows if this drive really is FAT or NTFS formatted
also: if you csn access tge data from windows: backup the files - wipe the stick - do a fresh format and copy the files back

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#5 2024-08-14 12:33:45

tugoese
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Re: [SOLVED] USB: Read-only on FAT32 (LBA)

please check with windows if this drive really is FAT or NTFS formatted

It's FAT32

wipe the stick - do a fresh format and copy the files back

No I wouldn't do that for a reason (this is not an ordinary stick)

Any other solutions?

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#6 2024-08-14 13:41:06

cryptearth
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Re: [SOLVED] USB: Read-only on FAT32 (LBA)

tugoese wrote:

wipe the stick - do a fresh format and copy the files back

No I wouldn't do that for a reason (this is not an ordinary stick)

Any other solutions?

can you be any more vague on that? I noticed this isn't any regular thumbdrive - who would use a 100mb flash in 2024? but a "System Volume Information" folder is something that belongs to NTFS and doesn'T belong on a FAT32 FS - same with this "LOST.DIR"
whatever that is - looks like some crypto crap - contact the support of the OEM as they do some out of the box stuff

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#7 2024-08-14 20:15:07

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Re: [SOLVED] USB: Read-only on FAT32 (LBA)

tugoese wrote:
[15005.896605] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] Attached SCSI removable disk[15008.167801] FAT-fs (sde1): Volume was not properly unmounted. Some data may be corrupt. Please run fsck.
[16020.637906] FAT-fs (sdd1): Volume was not properly unmounted. Some data may be corrupt. Please run fsck.

It's almost as if the kernel was trying to tell us something useful neutral


Jin, Jîyan, Azadî

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#8 2024-08-15 02:06:10

tugoese
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Re: [SOLVED] USB: Read-only on FAT32 (LBA)

cryptearth wrote:

who would use a 100mb flash in 2024?

Me for educational purpose

but a "System Volume Information" folder is something that belongs to NTFS and doesn'T belong on a FAT32 FS

Yeah it happens because Windows did it automatically when I plug it in, not really a problem

same with this "LOST.DIR"

Uhh... It's gone now

looks like some crypto crap

Yer think I've been fooled?

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

It's almost as if the kernel was trying to tell us something useful

Yes I did run

fsck.vfat

It's better now as long as I remember to unmount it before unplug the device

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