Cannot mount read-write, results in failure: "mount: block device /dev/<device> is write-protected, mounting read-only"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When mounting a filesystem the following error occurs:
 mount: block device /dev/device is write-protected, mounting read-only

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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