Make sure that you are in /mnt/gentoo or something when you do that. Most of the directories on the install system are readonly since they are from the CD.
cd /mnt/gentoo lynx -soure url/file > file Jeff On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 01:03:57AM -0600, Shane&Lisa wrote: > Hi All, > I'm trying gentoo for the first time and not having a lot of luck. > > I'm able to create/mount the file systems but when I go to download the > stage 3 tarball lynx says: > > "can't write to file" > > I'm wondering if the devices aren't mounting properly (wrong modules er > somethin'). > When I type mount I do get: > > /dev/hda1 mounted on /mnt/gentoo/boot (rw) > /dev/hda3 mounted on /mnt/gentoo (rw) > /dev/hdb1 mounted on /mntgentoo/usr (rw) > > Anyone else have this problem? Suggestions? > > TIA, > > Shane > >
