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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 ...
- 04-27-2006 #1Just Joined!
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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 #2Linux Guru
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how are you mounting the drives? I assume they're FAT not NTFS. if this is the case, try:
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.Code:mount -t vfat -o gid=users /dev/sdXY /mnt/point
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- 04-28-2006 #3Just Joined!
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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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