Re: [CentOS] read-only file system when trying to save files

2013-11-04 Thread Daniel J Walsh
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/01/2013 06:55 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote: > On 11/01/2013 06:36 PM, Wes James wrote: >> I have installed emacs with yum and now I'm trying to create a .emacs >> file and put some commands in it, but I can't type anything in the emacs >> buffer. It

Re: [CentOS] read-only file system when trying to save files

2013-11-03 Thread Arun Khan
On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 4:21 AM, Wes James wrote: > > That was it. This is an old mac pro that I put centos on yesterday. It > had 4 disks in it and this is the 3rd that has died. A faculty member had > it for 5-6 years and it was on 24/7. It's been in the junk pile for > several months. I gue

Re: [CentOS] read-only file system when trying to save files

2013-11-01 Thread SilverTip257
On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Wes James wrote: > On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 4:53 PM, Reindl Harald >wrote: > > > > > > > Am 01.11.2013 23:51, schrieb Wes James: > > > That was it. This is an old mac pro that I put centos on yesterday. > It > > > had 4 disks in it and this is the 3rd that has die

Re: [CentOS] read-only file system when trying to save files

2013-11-01 Thread Wes James
On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 4:53 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > > Am 01.11.2013 23:51, schrieb Wes James: > > That was it. This is an old mac pro that I put centos on yesterday. It > > had 4 disks in it and this is the 3rd that has died. A faculty member > had > > it for 5-6 years and it was on 24/7.

Re: [CentOS] read-only file system when trying to save files

2013-11-01 Thread Mark LaPierre
On 11/01/2013 06:36 PM, Wes James wrote: > I have installed emacs with yum and now I'm trying to create a .emacs file > and put some commands in it, but I can't type anything in the emacs > buffer. It says the buffer is read-only. I exited emacs and did touch > .emacs and I get a message that it

Re: [CentOS] read-only file system when trying to save files

2013-11-01 Thread Wes James
On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 4:39 PM, Billy Crook wrote: > usually a disk failure when that happens out of the blue. try writing to > /dev/shm/ if you have to save a file. (That's a virtual fs in memory, so > be advised it will disappear on reboot.) check dmesg for errors. > > > On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at

Re: [CentOS] read-only file system when trying to save files

2013-11-01 Thread Billy Crook
usually a disk failure when that happens out of the blue. try writing to /dev/shm/ if you have to save a file. (That's a virtual fs in memory, so be advised it will disappear on reboot.) check dmesg for errors. On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 5:36 PM, Wes James wrote: > I have installed emacs with yum

[CentOS] read-only file system when trying to save files

2013-11-01 Thread Wes James
I have installed emacs with yum and now I'm trying to create a .emacs file and put some commands in it, but I can't type anything in the emacs buffer. It says the buffer is read-only. I exited emacs and did touch .emacs and I get a message that it can't do that on a read-only file system. I goog