Re: Goofed up usb stick

2009-06-01 Thread Ryan Rix
On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 8:34 AM, Ryan Rix wrote: > > > 1. > Is it formatted as Fat or ext? if you formatted it as fat, chances are you > are mounting it in such a way that only root can access the device and the > filessystem. > /dev/hda6 /mnt/fat vfat users,defaults,umask=000 0 0 <-- this should

Re: Goofed up usb stick

2009-06-01 Thread Ryan Rix
On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 7:44 AM, eculbert wrote: > > 1. How do I use chmod command to open it so I can delete what is there now > as the system doesn't see it as bootable and, > > 2. Try to make a bootable from a downloadable. > > I have a system with a bad cdrom..not writer, that WILL boot/instal

Goofed up usb stick again

2009-06-01 Thread eculbert
Oh, one slight 'problem'. I receive digest mode, please also respond off list direct to eculbert and yahoo dot commerical. (you know the bots cannot copy the above) Thanks. ps: Like I said, I mostly just use, not abuse linux and I did know how, but doing something wrong somehow on chmod or su

Goofed up usb stick

2009-06-01 Thread eculbert
First, I very seldom use cli, and when I do, it is very basic. I thought I could 'un-goof' this usb stick. What happened is I tried to make a bootable and now the files cannot be deleted nor written to. I am using a mandriva flavor called pclinuxos. 1. How do I use chmod command to open it s