[solved] Suddenly no permissions on specific USB flash drive

Hi,
since yesterday I can't delete or create new files on my primary USB flash drive.
I then tried my other USB drive and it works without a problem.
Both are from the same manufacturer and formated with the FAT16 file system. When I check the permissions of the files/folder I see myself as owner with read/write permissions on both drives.
the error message on the console is:
rm: cannot remove 'foo': Read-only file system
I'd really like to give you more information but honestly I don't know where to look since one works and the other suddenly stopped working.
\edit: Checked dmesg:
[ 769.912866] FAT-fs (sdb1): error, fat_get_cluster: invalid cluster chain (i_pos 123716903)
[ 769.912871] FAT-fs (sdb1): Filesystem has been set read-only
Seems to be the problem. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!
Last edited by Barghest (2012-06-20 07:06:48)

I wasn't aware that FAT filesystems had a concept of file permissions or ownership...
First of all, reboot if you recently updated your system. Because the linux package (the kernel) was also updated. Then install and use gparted to format the drive.

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