help!!!

mikedeatworld · 08-15-2004, 08:19 PM

edited a file and now i am using knoppix to repair it.

the partition is mounted in knoppix and i am in the dir the file lives in. however, even as root i cannot edit or delete this executable.

And ideas? Any more information needed?

mikedeatworld · 08-15-2004, 08:24 PM

I've tried to chown 777 , chmod 777. Nothing is working.

root@ttyp0[miked]# chown 777 .xinitrc
chown: changing ownership of `.xinitrc': Read-only file system
root@ttyp0[miked]#

-rw-r--r-- 1 knoppix users 29 Oct 12 08:48 .xinitrc

I know I need to change the permission, but for some reason root is not able to do this.

Any ideas!!!!!

2damncommon · 08-15-2004, 08:26 PM

If using Knoppix, have you changed from the default read-only to read-write by right clicking on the drive and choosing that option?

mikedeatworld · 08-15-2004, 08:28 PM

rock!

thanks