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Card is write protected

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Written by Ben Hagen
Updated over 8 months ago

If erasing with o/PARASHOOT fails with the error below, this is often due to a switch on the card itself.

Failed to open /dev/disk5. Maybe it is write-protected?

Some readers like the Angelbird CFast 2.0 reader also have a write protection switch:

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