Re: fsck "NO WRITE"

[Patrick Welche <prlw1%cam.ac.uk@localhost>]

On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 09:15:29PM +0100, Patrick Welche wrote:
> This is just a USB stick. I haven't seen "NO WRITE" before:
> 
> $ fsck -v /dev/rdk1
> start /dev/rdk1 wait fsck_ffs /dev/rdk1
> ** /dev/rdk1 (NO WRITE)
> ** Last Mounted on /mnt
> ** Phase 1 - Check Blocks and Sizes
> ** Phase 2 - Check Pathnames
> ** Phase 3 - Check Connectivity
> ** Phase 4 - Check Reference Counts
> ** Phase 5 - Check Cyl groups
> BLK(S) MISSING IN BIT MAPS
> SALVAGE? no
> 
> 10407 files, 351626 used, 363501 free (13 frags, 45436 blocks, 0.0% fragmentation)
> 
> ***** UNRESOLVED INCONSISTENCIES REMAIN *****
> 
> (It's actually a NetBSD UEFI install disk, so was written to...)
> 
> Broken stick?

Nevermind - just did

mount /dev/dk1 /mnt
cd /mnt
vi install.sh  (deleted a line and saved)
cd /
umount /mnt
fsck /dev/rdk1

** /dev/rdk1
** Last Mounted on /mnt
..
BLK(S) MISSING IN BIT MAPS
SALVAGE? [yn] y

and have a "working" stick.

I don't understand the NO WRITE though


Cheers,

Patrick