On 2008-02-03, notbob <notbob@nothome.com> wrote:
> OK, I got a 0 byte file on a vfat fs on a 4G pendrive. It's a failed dwnld
> or some such thing from a slack box. OK, so I go to an XP box (don't ask)
> and discover I can't delete this empty file on this same pendrive. Yeah,
> it's Windows, so no surprise there, right? OK, so I reboot the XP box w/
> Knoppix 5.1.1 and try and delete the file with that. No go! Error says
> something like:
>
> read only fs ... cannot remove file
>
> ??? ....and this is as root. What's the problem? BTW, I got it off just
> fine back on the original slack box with:
>
> rm ./foo
>
> Why didn't it work with a linux live disk. Are those bogus?

Sounds like knoppix 'thought' the pendrive was a part of its own filesystem,
which is read-only cause it's on a cd.

Just a guess...

Tom