The error about "preserving permissions" is (I think) related to the lack of file
permissions in the msdos/fat/vfat filesystem.
I believe you can fix this by setting the "uid=" and "gid=" mount options. I mount my
windows partition (fat16) with uid and gid set to my user and group numbers -- and I
don't get the error message about "preserving permissions".
--
Larry Grover, PhD
Assoc Prof of Physiology
Marshall Univ Sch Med
On Fri, 24 Nov 2000 13:06:37 -0500 (EST), David Brett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi Larry
>
> I can now access the directory. What is interesting is the first time I
> write a file to the dos partition, I get the following error:
>
> cp: preserving permissions for /dos/Data/dead.letter: Operation not
> permitted
>
> It does work, I will have to read the man pages again on mount
>
> thanks again Larry
>
>
> david
>
> On Fri, 24 Nov 2000, Larry Grover wrote:
>
>> You probably want to add the "umask" option to your "mount" command. I mount my
>win partition with umask=0.
>>
>> The umask option is described in the manpage for mount.
>>
>> --
>> Larry Grover, PhD
>> Assoc Prof of Physiology
>> Marshall Univ Sch Med
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 24 Nov 2000 11:36:15 -0500 (EST), David Brett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >
>> > I am having trouble writing to my win95 (fat32) partition. I have tried
>> > mounting the dos partition with
>> >
>> > mount -o uid=123,gid=123 /dev/hd?? /mnt/dospartition
>> >
>> > The error message I get when trying to copy to the dos partition is
>> > cp: cannot create regular file `/dos/Data/dead.letter': Permission denied
>>
>>
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