On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 09:36:12PM -0400, Greg Teigue wrote: > greets, > just got an old sparc2 and decided to put debian on it. > after being schooled in the art of openboot and whole disk partitions i got > it to install and can get it to boot through openboot. however, i try to > edit any scripts with vi and it wont let me save the changes. tells me to > use :q! instead. tried :w!, i tried making scripts in another directory from > /etc/ but did not help. could create file, but not edit it. tried chmod > 777, but that failed as well. tried reinstalling with different drives with > out any difference in results. strange behavior to say the least. i posted > to my peers to no avail and dug through the archives and RFM. rather > perplexed, any help would be appreciated. > > thanks!
What boot disks did you use? It's very odd that you can create files, but not modify them. Sure you are working as root? Can you send the output to these commands: # ls -la / and # mount Ben -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
