afaik, NTFS mounts as read only. You can only format the things.. (I would love to be proven wrong on this :( as I have a couple ntfs drives that need some work....)
On Sun, 2006-04-23 at 12:51 +1000, bill wrote: > I want to move all files from an ntfs formatted hard drive which was > previously used for download storage under XP to a 200gb hard drive > formatted ext3 under kanotix. > > Some files won't allow deletion even though I tried with both Krusader > and MidnightCommander as root. > > Ownership and user show as root. > > When I try to delete files using MC I get a message " read-only file > system (error 30)" > > I'm assuming that this has to do with XP. > > If I try chmod I get the same message. > > How can I delete such files without either using XP or re-formatting > the drive? > > Eventually I will reformat the drive but I'd like to know for future > reference if there is a fix for this problem > > Thanks > > Bill -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
