[ltp] MicroSD and Thinkpad T61

[Paul Seelig]

Before i'd actually use any such device for the first time, i'd first dd
it with zero's before putting any file system on it:

	dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mmcblk1p1 bs=1M

Just be aware that it will take a very long time to complete.

If it fails already at that stage than i'd assume a defective unit.

Paul

On 02/26/2011 06:46 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> [root@Devil8 media]# mount /dev/mmcblk1p1 /media/SDC/
> mount: block device /dev/mmcblk1p1 is write-protected, mounting
> 	read-only
> 
> Mount insists that it is write protected, regardless of which
> position I put the slider switch in.
> 
> I think it is defective. Unfortunately, I have no other computers with
> a card reader, so I can't test it to see if there is something wrong
> with Fedora or the Thinkpad.