cp returns "read only fs" when used across partitons

aya_rei · 04-12-2005, 02:20 PM

This is a really bizzare problem. I've never encountered this before when copying across partitions. BTW, I'm running this command through Slack 10.1

I keyed this:
cp -v filename /win/

where "filename" is sitting on /dev/hda5 and /win is my windoze partition on /dev/hda2

And got this:
...can not copy to read-only fs

NOTE, both fs are mounted read-write so I can't imagine what's causing this.

Any ideas??

fatrandy13 · 04-12-2005, 03:45 PM

linux doesnt have full write support to NTFS file systems.....windows needs to be on a Fat32 partition to write to it safely..

aya_rei · 04-14-2005, 09:10 AM

Thanks.
I thought that might be the case. :P Have you heard anything from developer's about how they're fixing that problem?