Can't open or copy files to USB Stick - error "operation not supported by backend"

[hermanl0320]

Disk utility cannot be used with this device.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Dec 5 17:58:06 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: firefox-3.5 3.5.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.52-generic
SourcePackage: firefox-3.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686

[Sense Egbert Hofstede (sense)]

Thank you for helping with making Ubuntu better by reporting this bug.
However, it is still unclear what exactly is going wrong. Could you please provide some more details about the cause of the bug and the environment in which it was triggered?
Where you copying the files from your hard disk, or from another device or a network location, like bug #496231?

[hermanl0320 (hermanl0320)]

I wanted to let you know that I solved this problem yesterday.  It's a documentation issue as far as people like me are concerned.  I thought that the Vista OS may have done something to the USB stick when writing a file to it.  So I rebooted under Vista and tried reformatting the "disk".  That didn't work.  Then I looked for something similar in Ubuntu without much luck.  But I did see a utility to create a boot image on a USB stick and opened it.  It had the format option I was looking for, and I used it - just the format - I didn't go on to create the bootable USB.  That worked.

--- On Thu, 12/17/09, Sense Hofstede <[e-mail]> wrote:

From: Sense Hofstede <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 492984] Re: Can't open or copy files to USB Stick - error "operation not supported by backend"
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Thursday, December 17, 2009, 3:23 PM

Thank you for helping with making Ubuntu better by reporting this bug.
However, it is still unclear what exactly is going wrong. Could you please provide some more details about the cause of the bug and the environment in which it was triggered?
Where you copying the files from your hard disk, or from another device or a network location, like bug #496231?

** Changed in: ubuntu
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Can't open or copy files to USB Stick - error "operation not supported by backend"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/492984
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Status in Ubuntu: Incomplete

Bug description:
Disk utility cannot be used with this device.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Dec  5 17:58:06 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: firefox-3.5 3.5.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.52-generic
SourcePackage: firefox-3.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686

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[hermanl0320 (hermanl0320)]

I wanted to let you know that I solved this problem yesterday.  It's a
documentation issue as far as people like me are concerned.  I thought
that the Vista OS may have done something to the USB stick when writing
a file to it.  So I rebooted under Vista and tried reformatting the
"disk".  That didn't work.  Then I looked for something similar in
Ubuntu without much luck.  But I did see a utility to create a boot image
on a USB stick and opened it.  It had the format option I was looking
for, and I used it - just the format - I didn't go on to create the
bootable USB.  That worked.

--- On Thu, 12/17/09, Sense Hofstede <email address hidden> wrote:

From: Sense Hofstede <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 492984] Re: Can't open or copy files to USB Stick - error "operation not supported by backend"
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Thursday, December 17, 2009, 3:23 PM

Thank you for helping with making Ubuntu better by reporting this bug.
However, it is still unclear what exactly is going wrong. Could you please provide some more details about the cause of the bug and the environment in which it was triggered?
Where you copying the files from your hard disk, or from another device or a network location, like bug #496231?

** Changed in: ubuntu
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Can't open or copy files to USB Stick - error "operation not supported by backend"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/492984
You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
of the bug.

Status in Ubuntu: Incomplete

Bug description:
Disk utility cannot be used with this device.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Dec  5 17:58:06 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: firefox-3.5 3.5.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.52-generic
SourcePackage: firefox-3.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686

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[Sense Egbert Hofstede (sense)]

Great to hear you found a way to solve this issue!
I reckon this was an issue with the way the factory formatted your stick. In that case it wouldn't be a bug in Ubuntu -- although it would be worth providing support for it if it occurs often and when Windows Vista is able to support it.

Could you please reformat the USB device in Vista as well and check if it is still usable with Ubuntu?
Thanks in advance.

[Sense Egbert Hofstede (sense)]

I'm marking this bug Invalid after feedback from the reporter via a personal email stating that after formatting the stick on Windows Vista it still works.