[OpenIndiana-discuss] Write protected USB stick

[Brogyányi József]

2013.04.13. 21:34 keltezéssel, Andrew Gabriel írta:
> Brogya'nyi Jo'zsef wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I use a USB stick on my Openindiana and there was a power failure. 
>> After this my USB stick not work properly.
>> When I tried to format it I received an error message. The fdisk and 
>> rmformat tell me the stick is write protected.
>> How to change this status on my stick?
>> I don't believe it. It hasn't got any switch on it. So do you know 
>> any useful trick? I tried on win7,Linux, and OI.
>> The "dd" command is not working on linux.
>> The stick is Kingston DT111. Now I'm waiting for the support answer 
>> but it takes a long time. Thanks in advance.
>
> You didn't give the results of reading and writing on other OS's, but
> it sounds like it might be a protective measure by the USB stick in the
> event of unrepairable damage, giving only the possibility to get the
> data off it. Kingston's FAQ hints at this behavior.
> You would probably do better asking this on a hardware forum - it's
> unlikely to be anything related to OpenIndiana.
>
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Thanks. Just I hoped this not a hardware issue.