> > From: "H.J.Bathoorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2004/09/28 Tue PM 12:56:10 CDT > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Verbatim USB Drive 512MB > > On Tuesday 28 September 2004 00:43, Phil Savoie wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I can't seem to get the USB drive/stick to be writable. the fstab entry for > > this is: > > > > none /mnt/removable supermount > > dev=/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1,fs=ext2:vfat,exec,--,umask=000, > >user,iocharset=iso8859-1,dev,codepage=850,suid,kudzu 0 0 > > > > The umask is set to 000 but when I try to write as a user or as root I get: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] removable]# pwd > > /mnt/removable > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] removable]# cp /etc/fstab . > > cp: cannot create regular file `./fstab': Read-only file system > > > > Why is this? It's awfully frustrating especially since it was recognized > > and configure during the boot process. > > > > Any insight would definatley relieve my stress level > > > > Thank you > > > > Phil > > Some drives have little switches with which they can be set to RO or RW, it is > set right isn't it? > -- > Good luck, > HarM > > > ____________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com > ____________________________________________________ > > if all else fails, HP has a program to use that will reformat the usb key. It is > called HPUSBF or similar.
Dennis M. linux user#180842
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