Help! My USB stick is read-only in Ubuntu Server

Ubuntu Server USB WritableIf you use Ubuntu Desktop, using a USB stick is a piece of cake. You just plug it in, read/write files, and yank it out again.

But what about Ubuntu Server?

Try the same thing, and you end up with a USB stick that can only be accessed by root. Well, that’s probably not what you want!

There are several ways to solve this problem, but by far the easiest – believe it or not – is to add a touch of Windows…

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