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Old 08-19-2016, 05:52 PM   #31
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Originally Posted by RCSMG View Post
BW, I tried what you said but when I typed in /dev/sda1 /sda2 I got bash: /dev/sda1: Permission denied
I typed everything in the way that it is displayed in your post.
was you root user when you did that??? su - even ?

you're preforming administrative duties you have to have root permissions.

in your term type su hit enter then enter password then edit your file save then get out of su by typing exit. then try it.

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