[clug] cannot write to sd card

[Adrian]

Hi,

I am puzzled. I have latest Ubuntu, a standard install.

dmesg reports:

[10677.639449] usb 1-3: Manufacturer: Generic
[10677.639454] usb 1-3: SerialNumber: 20071114173400000
[10677.645513] ums-realtek 1-3:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[10677.657876] scsi8 : usb-storage 1-3:1.0
[10678.658846] scsi 8:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Generic- Multi-Card       1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
[10678.665970] sd 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
[10684.830044] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk

so there is a device /dev/sdc, true ?

sudo fdisk /dev/sdc
fdisk: unable to open /dev/sdc: No medium found

but why?

I wish to dd a file to the sd card

Adrian

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