You might want to check out the /etc/fstab file and see what options are set for your external media mount point (/media or /usbdisk etc.)? It might have specified ro as one of the options.
Also check the access permissions of that mount point of whether read only permission alone is there for that mount point. When you said remounting, did you try to specifically give rw in the options for mount? If not, you can try this to set explicitly. Hope this helps, Vasan On 8/11/09, Shrinivasan T <[email protected]> wrote: > > Friends. > > A 250 GB external hard disk is becoming read only when connected. > > It has NTFS file system. > > I tried remounting, and manual mount. > > No use. > > I dont want to reformat it again. > > It is working well in windows boxes. > > Any help? > > -- > Regards, > T.Shrinivasan > > > My experiences with Linux are here > http://goinggnu.wordpress.com > > For Free and Open Source Jobs > http://fossjobs.wordpress.com > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with > "unsubscribe <password> <address>" > in the subject or body of the message. > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
