Mountpoint is not Writable

[l3lackEyedAngels]

I'm trying to upgrade my Rockbox installation on my fourth generation iPod Photo. I'm running Ubuntu 10.04. I start by opening the Rockbox Utility with Terminal using gksu. A configuration error prompt then appears saying:

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Your configuration is invalid. This is most likely due to a changed device path. The configuration dialog will now open to allow you to correct the problem.

So I click okay which brings me to the configuration window, with the correct audio player already highlighted. I then click okay and get the following error prompt:

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The following errors occurred:
No mountpoint given
You need to fix the above errors before you can continue.

So, I go ahead and specify the iPod's mount point which is /media/ipod and click okay again. Now I get another error:

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The following errors occurred:
Mountpoint is not writeable
You need to fix the above errors before you can continue.

And now I'm stuck. I do not know how to make the mountpoint writable. I had always thought it was, seeing as I have never had a problem dragging and dropping my music to and from the iPod. Hopefully someone can help. Thanks!

[AlexP]

Linux will mount removable disks as read only if file system errors are found.  dmesg will tell you if this is the case.  If it is, try running a check using fsck.vfat

[echeddar]

I had plugged my ipod into my wife's Mac to reset it, and it changed the disk format in the ipod.
Once I plugged it in on a Windows PC with itunes on it, it reformatted it for FAT32, and now it's writeable.
Hope this helps.