You mounted the Factor DMG, which is normal, but it is read-only, so you
are getting an error when trying to write files or create directories
inside it. I recommend copying the factor folder from the DMG into
somewhere else like /Applications and then it should work fine.
On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 6:13 PM, Andrew McDowell <andyji...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
> I have installed Factor on Mac OS 10.13. I'm trying to work through the
> Your first Program section. When I do: "palindrome" scaffold-work, I get
> the following error:
> Unix system call “mkdir” failed:
> Read-only file system (30)
> It was called with the following arguments:
> "/Volumes/factor/factor/work/palindrome"
> 511
>
> I have attempted to change the permissions on that read-only directory,
> but even as root it will not let me change the permissions, saying it is a
> system directory and cannot be changed.
> I attempted to move the factor folder to the ~ directory. It will not
> allow it to move. Any ideas?
> I am not a programmer nor a -nix user, so please consider me a rank newbie
> and a dummy.
> Andy
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