Joe Zeff scribbled on the stall wall:
> I've had a dual-boot Win98/RedHat9 box for a while, but rarely used
> Linux. (Not enough things to do with it to give me motivation.) I
> wanted to write a contribution to an APA (Amature Press Association)
> this afternoon, and store it on my C: drive, with earlier efforts.
> Alas, although it's mounted, it's read only and even as root, I can't
> change that. Fstab reads:
>
> /dev/hda1 /C vfat defaults 0 0
>
> I've tried to remount it with a specific option of rw, I've tried (as
> root) to chmod the directory but nothing. Suggestions?
>

what does /proc/mounts say?

is the drive set r/o via a hardware jumper?


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On 7 Jul 2005 19:36:38 -0500, noone@uber.usachoice.net (Wiseguy)
wrote:

>what does /proc/mounts say?
>

Don't know, I'll check next time I'm in Linux. (Probably tomorrow.)

>is the drive set r/o via a hardware jumper?

Highly unlikely, as I only *have* one hard drive with several
partitions.

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On 7 Jul 2005 19:36:38 -0500, noone@uber.usachoice.net (Wiseguy)
wrote:

>what does /proc/mounts say?

/dev/hda1 /C rw 0 0

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Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 7 Jul 2005 19:36:38 -0500, noone@uber.usachoice.net (Wiseguy)
> wrote:
>
>
>>what does /proc/mounts say?
>
>
> /dev/hda1 /C rw 0 0
>

What is the output of 'ls -ld /C'

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Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 7 Jul 2005 19:36:38 -0500, noone@uber.usachoice.net (Wiseguy)
> wrote:
>
>
>>what does /proc/mounts say?
>
>
> /dev/hda1 /C rw 0 0
>

Does it say '/dev/hda1 /C vfat rw 0 0' or '/dev/hda1 /C rw 0 0'?

I assume it's a typo, I didn't even notice at first...

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On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 23:42:26 GMT, Cameron King
wrote:

>Joe Zeff wrote:
>> On 7 Jul 2005 19:36:38 -0500, noone@uber.usachoice.net (Wiseguy)
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>what does /proc/mounts say?
>>
>>
>> /dev/hda1 /C rw 0 0
>>
>
>Does it say '/dev/hda1 /C vfat rw 0 0' or '/dev/hda1 /C rw 0 0'?
>
>I assume it's a typo, I didn't even notice at first...

I'm running in Win98 right now and can't check, but I *think* the way
I wrote it is right.

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On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 06:04:35 GMT, Joe Zeff
wrote:

>On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 23:42:26 GMT, Cameron King
> wrote:
>
>>Joe Zeff wrote:
>>> On 7 Jul 2005 19:36:38 -0500, noone@uber.usachoice.net (Wiseguy)
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>what does /proc/mounts say?
>>>
>>>
>>> /dev/hda1 /C rw 0 0
>>>
>>
>>Does it say '/dev/hda1 /C vfat rw 0 0' or '/dev/hda1 /C rw 0 0'?
>>
>>I assume it's a typo, I didn't even notice at first...
>
>I'm running in Win98 right now and can't check, but I *think* the way
>I wrote it is right.

Correction: I've checked and what I wrote is wrong.

/dev/hda1 /C vfat rw 0 0

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