[wellylug] USB flash drive woes with 2.6.9

[Gordon Paynter]

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 18:53, jumbophut wrote:
> The second will ensure absolutely no writing takes place when you
> mount read-only.  I believe (but haven't actually checked) that even
> just reading a file adjusts the 'last accessed' information on the
> disk.

I haven't tried anything suggested on this thread (yet), but: if the above is 
a problem, try throwing a "noatime" into your mount options.

Gordon