Can I write to a FAT32 partition from Debian?
Debian Lenny Gnome.
Compaq desktop, Intel Celeron 1100 MHz, 512k Is it possible to write files to a Fat 32 partition? The drive is mounted. I can explore the files present there, as well as use them and copy them to Debian, but I keep running into the same old "You do not have permissions" crizzap when I try to save files onto that partition. The FAT32 is on a separate HD from my Debian. Winderz is on that drive's first partition, and the FATTY is the drive's other partition. |
Yes, you should be able to (unless the HDD has physically disabled write access).
What do you see as the mount-options? Cheers, Tink |
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If you have some troubles, try checking the disk's permission, maybe the permission is not writable by the system. Wish you luck bro.. |
Make sure you have "rw" as an option in your /etc/fstab entry of the drive.
Regards |
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I think you are referring to the same as Shylock? (Hi Shylock, remember me??!!) Quote:
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Ok, can someone help with this info, Now?
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fstab, looks ok. You can get that info from the terminal with:
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cat /etc/fstab I wonder if a different user mounted the partition, and therefore only that user (and root) can write to it: We can find out with: Code:
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Hey evo!
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Hi Lorax,
Ok, so the partition has been mounted by root, and only root can write to it. So as a normal user you will not be able to write to it. So that you as a normal user can write to the /fat please do the following. Close any file browser windows that are open showing anything in /fat, and close any terminals. Now open a terminal as you (not root), then type. Code:
su EDIT* I just saw a problem with your fstab the entries that says "users" should instead say "user". This could be the cause of your problems. Cheers, Evo2. |
Like magic!
Thanks EVO2!!! I guess I can do this with ANY FAT32? I would only need to specify the "name" of the drive (ie /fat or /xtra) as they appear in fstab??? E D I T: Is this possible with NTFS? |
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Did you modify your fstab file to change all the instances of "users" to "user"? Quote:
Cheers, Evo2. |
EVO2 Thank you very much!
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