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04-27-2006	#1 (permalink)
BallisticPain Just Joined! Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 4	USB Drives Mount but... When I plug in my two different usb drives they both mount just fine. I can see and view the files. I cannot however create a folder or "write" to the drives. I then being the "computer guy" that I am checked the permissions on the drive. The first time I booted were read-only, so I changed that and made sure all the permissions were set for write access. This is to no avail. I am fixing to install Linux on this computer, but I need to save some of the old files from the corrupt Windows installation. Please help me! JS

04-28-2006	#2 (permalink)
sdousley Linux Guru Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,767	how are you mounting the drives? I assume they're FAT not NTFS. if this is the case, try: Code: mount -t vfat -o gid=users /dev/sdXY /mnt/point the gid will set it to be owned by the group "users" you can also use the uid to set the userid aswell, this might help you. __________________ "I am not an alcoholic, alcoholics go to meetings" Registered Linux user = #372327

04-28-2006	#3 (permalink)
BallisticPain Just Joined! Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 4	I never got it figured out that evening, but yesterday I seeked help from a few friends. I got the issue resolved. I did have to manually mount the drives as root, and then I had rw access to the drive. I appreciate the response! JS

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