I am having trouble mounting my usb harddrive. It is at /dev/sdb1 and i have edited /etc/fstab so it includes:

/dev/sdb1 /media/usb1 auto noauto,users,rw 0 0

I can mount it fine, however, I cannont write to the disk. I am running Debian with kernel: 2.6.18-4-486.

I have tried a chmod +w, however, it says that it is a read-only filesystem. How do I go about mounting my harddrive so I can write to it?

Thanks in advance

DAN

You didn't mention what the filesystem is used on the partition, so I will assume that it is fat32. If that is the case, you can't use the chmod command.

Instead add the option "uid=<yourusername>" and optionally "gid=<yourgroup>".
This will make you the owner and give you access that way.
Using "fmask=111" and dmask="000" will do the same thing, allowing you to access the drive as an "other" user.
The second option is similar to "umask=000" which gives "rwx" permissions for everyone, but for mass storage devices, using "rw" for files is a better policy. But the decision is yours.