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Old 01-07-2010, 05:44 AM   #1
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how do i get permissions to my hard disk partition

i formatted my hard disk but when i try to copy anything on one of the partitions, there is a notice that access has been denied,so what do i do
 
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After mounting the partition at "/mountpoint", as root

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chmod a+wx /mountpoint
If this does not work please tell us how you mounted the partition. Eg the entry in /etc/fstab

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