I the same problem w/ 8.1 and rw partitions /dev/hda1 on /mnt/win_c type vfat (rw,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850) /dev/hdc1 on /mnt/win_c2 type vfat (rw,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850)
On Tue, 2002-06-04 at 07:03, Moshe Kaminsky wrote: > Hi, > > Perhaps it is mounted without write permission. To check that type > mount > and check if it says 'rw' in the line corresponding to the windows partition. > If that is the problem, you can fix it as follows: > umount <windows path> > mount +w <windows path> > If this helps, you can modify the /etc/fstab file for this to happen > automatically. See > man mount > and > man fstab > for details. > Another possibility is that the windows partitions is of type ntfs. In > that case, you can't write there, but I guess it's not it, since you say > you had write permission before. > > HTH > Moshe > > * Matt Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020604 13:37]: > > I posted yesterday about changing access rights to my windows partitions > > but i'm not sure it came up as i never actually received it! > > > > anyway, since reinstalling 8.2 i cannot get write permissions to my > > windows hard drives where basically all my documents that i need are > > stored etc. The 1st time i installed 8.2 i didn't have to do anything > > to get both read/write access to my windows drives so i can't work out > > how to get it now. I tried changing permissions using chmod a+w win_c > > but that doesn't give me write permissions, so either something is up or > > i'm using the wrong commands - probably the latter!! Can anyone help me > > as this is a real pain as i've just got most things working in Linux and > > was about to change Linux to my default o/s. > > > > Also does anybody else have any problems with Open Office.org 1.0 > > crashing loads under Ximian-Gnome? > > > > Cheers > > Matt > > > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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