On Sunday 05 February 2006 12:30 pm, Paul wrote:
> >> mount /mnt/TRAVELDRIVE
> >
> >it is mounted now I need to be able to delete the data on it rename it
> >sda1 and copy the OS to it it still won't let me write to it from
> >linux although I can read it [it is formatted vfat]
>
> Okay, that is something already. Can you write to it when you 'su' to
> root?yes
>
> Otherwise, when it is mounted, check how it is mounted in /etc/fstab.
> Perhaps that sheds some light on things. (I am not an expert on this,
> but that is what I would do as a next step.)
contents of /etc/fstab
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] TRAVELDRIVE]# KNOPPIX_V4.0.2CD-2005-09-23-EN
bash: KNOPPIX_V4.0.2CD-2005-09-23-EN: command not found
[EMAIL PROTECTED] TRAVELDRIVE]# format
bash: format: command not found
[EMAIL PROTECTED] TRAVELDRIVE]# cd/
bash: cd/: No such file or directory
[EMAIL PROTECTED] TRAVELDRIVE]# cd /
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /]# cd /etc/fstab
bash: cd: /etc/fstab: Not a directory
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /]# cd /etc/
[EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]# cat fstab
# This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details
/dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults 1 1
/dev/hda6 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto
umask=0022,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto
,ro,exec,users
0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sda /mnt/TRAVELDRIVE vfat
pamconsole,exec,noauto,c
odepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1,managed 0 0
[EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]#
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>
> Paul
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