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Old 03-17-2010, 11:07 PM   #1
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Cannot write into my hard disk


Well appears to be that i have two partitions..one of 300gb i did
on windows time ago and one of 100gb where i place my DEBIAN LENNY 5.0
, the problem is that i cannot write into it..only i can copy stuff from
it.
 
Old 03-18-2010, 03:12 AM   #2
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Please be clearer about which disk you want to write to. Also post the output of cmds (as root)

fdisk -l

cat /etc/fstab
 
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Old 03-22-2010, 09:20 PM   #3
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juanchy:/home/criacuervo# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/hda: 400.0 GB, 400088457216 bytes
240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 51681 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0009213d

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 13413 101402248+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 13414 51680 289298520 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5 13414 51680 289298488+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
juanchy:/home/criacuervo# cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda1 / ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hdd /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
juanchy:/home/criacuervo#
 
Old 03-22-2010, 10:22 PM   #4
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Well one possible answer would be based on the following line from your fstab:

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/dev/hda1 / ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1
Meaning that you have had errors on boot up and the system is in read-only mode.
 
Old 03-22-2010, 10:34 PM   #5
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YES..THAT's fine..but what should i do? i still cant write into the disk!

juanchy:/home/criacuervo# cd /mnt/hda5/
juanchy:/mnt/hda5# ls
books Mis Webs.zip
ctv movies
David Lynch music
debian-40r6-i386-netinst.iso pandodl-0.9.2.0.tar.bz2
debian-502-i386-DVD-1(1).iso para el phone
descargas plugins-show-song
driversound programas
fileowner.html proyecto html
finnix-92.1.iso RECYCLER
focus spearfish_grass60data-0.3.tar.gz
fotojuanchy.jpg spearfish_grass60data-0.3.zip
fotolaura.jpg System Volume Information
fuck html The.Idiots.1998.PL.DVDRip.DivX-TML5080
house torrents
imagenes Unix.rar
Listado de italiano.doc videos u2
logo 5.jpg videos youtube
Mis Webs Woody Allen A Life in Film (TV) [2002]
juanchy:/mnt/hda5# mkdir cosa
mkdir: cannot create directory `cosa': Read-only file system
juanchy:/mnt/hda5#
 
Old 03-22-2010, 11:08 PM   #6
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hmmm .. it would appear chrism01's question has now made this clearer with your reply.

Now we know you are trying to write to the windows partition (this is kind of vital information)

So now the question is, how are you mounting /dev/hda5?
 
Old 03-22-2010, 11:29 PM   #7
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Meaning that you have had errors on boot up and the system is in read-only mode.
No, that line is from the fstab, it indicates that if there are errors to remount ro, it does not necessarily represent the current situation. To find out how the disks are currently mounted the OP should post the output of:

Code:
mount
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Old 03-23-2010, 12:37 PM   #8
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THAT'S NICE..haha..but what now,

This is the message i got when i start gnome:

USER'S $HOME/.dmrc file is being ignore. This prevents the default session and language from being saved .File should be own by user and have 644 permission. USER'S $HOME directory must be owned by user and not writable by other users.

And remember i still can't write on my 300gb partition.
 
Old 03-23-2010, 07:26 PM   #9
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And remember i still can't write on my 300gb partition.
To get help, you need to answer the questions people ask you. Please read back through the thread and check that you have provided all the information that has been requested.

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Old 03-23-2010, 07:34 PM   #10
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You are trying to write to a Windows file system that is mounted read only. Of course you can't write.

Remount the file system as read/write using the ntfs-3g drivers. Then you'll be able to do what you want to do.
 
Old 03-24-2010, 12:57 AM   #11
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Thank man..i really fixed the problem ..

ntfs-3g /dev/hda5 /mnt/hda5
 
  


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