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11-02-2005	#1 (permalink)
Riqz85 Just Joined! Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 52	All Hard disks are not writeable...WHY I tried clicking on them with right button, changing all properties to write and read but nothing i still cant save stuff to my Hard disk...It also does not unmount. ANyone have any ideas how to make hard disks writeable?I even tried right clicking and clicking the option to make disk writeable but it tells me that the hard disk has to be mounted...but it already is mounted. Really have no idea whats going on

11-02-2005	#2 (permalink)
dylunio Linux Guru Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Cymru Posts: 4,157	What filsystem are the partitions/hard drives you can't write to? __________________ Registered Linux User #371543! Get force-get May The Source Be With You /dev/null /dev/null2

11-02-2005	#3 (permalink)
Riqz85 Just Joined! Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 52	I understand my external 200gb that is NTFS i cannot write to... But my internal HD was reformatted to ext3 when installing knoppix... And still it says i have no write privileges on it

11-02-2005	#4 (permalink)
dylunio Linux Guru Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Cymru Posts: 4,157	Can you write to it as root? What happens when you mount it with Code: mount -o rw users -t ext3 /dev/hd** /mnt/point (change the device and the mountpoint) __________________ Registered Linux User #371543! Get force-get May The Source Be With You /dev/null /dev/null2

11-02-2005	#5 (permalink)
Riqz85 Just Joined! Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 52	what do i put instead of /mnt/point??

11-02-2005	#6 (permalink)
dylunio Linux Guru Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Cymru Posts: 4,157	I don't know the mountpoint for the drive. You can create a mountpoint with Code: mkdir /mnt/drive __________________ Registered Linux User #371543! Get force-get May The Source Be With You /dev/null /dev/null2

11-02-2005	#7 (permalink)
Riqz85 Just Joined! Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 52	Sorry 4 being a newb here but maybe this is what im missing. what is a mount point

11-02-2005	#8 (permalink)
budman7 Linux Guru Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Knee deep in Grand Rapids, Michigan Posts: 3,242	A mount point would be where the partition is. Mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/knoppix What partition is Knoppix on? __________________ Go RedWings How to know if you are a geek. when you respond to "get a life!" with "what's the URL?" - Birger New users read The FAQ

11-02-2005	#9 (permalink)
dylunio Linux Guru Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Cymru Posts: 4,157	Drives and partitions are made accessable on "mount points" which is just a directory, onto which you mount the drive, so if you use the mountpoint /mnt/drive for the device /dev/hda1, you'll be able to access the device on /mnt/drive. You can create a mountpoint by just creating a directory, and then mount with Code: mount -o rw users -t ext3 /dev/hda1 /mnt/point in this example the mountpoint is /mnt/point and the device is /dev/hda1. __________________ Registered Linux User #371543! Get force-get May The Source Be With You /dev/null /dev/null2

11-02-2005	#10 (permalink)
Riqz85 Just Joined! Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 52	I typed mount -l and it says that all hard disks are (rw) But obviously i tried and it doesnt write... Actually it writes if i save directly from the internet like a file i downloaded but wont drag and drop... I think im gonna chage to fedora im sick of all these problems. I cant say i wasnt warned tho

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