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Old 07-25-2006, 03:18 PM   #1
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Mounted but coudn't write on it


I am really very confused that why I could not be able to copy anything in one of my mounted winxp drives as they are FAT32... I can copy anything from all those drives but couldnot copy to those mounted drives.
Now plz help me how to copy or save all those things
thnx in advance
 
Old 07-25-2006, 03:32 PM   #2
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You may want to try adding the mount option 'umask=000' to make it possible for all users to read from and write to the fat32 partition.
 
Old 07-25-2006, 03:48 PM   #3
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You may want to try adding the mount option 'umask=000' to make it possible for all users to read from and write to the fat32 partition.
Nothing changed at all
Error while copying to "/mnt/windows".

You do not have permissions to write to this folder.


I dont know why it is showing that....
 
Old 07-25-2006, 03:49 PM   #4
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You may want to try adding the mount option 'umask=000' to make it possible for all users to read from and write to the fat32 partition.
Nothing changed at all
Error while copying to "/mnt/windows".

You do not have permissions to write to this folder.


I dont know why it is showing that....
Anyway thnx for the try...plz do something
 
Old 07-25-2006, 05:01 PM   #5
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Agh big text. Please provide the output of the following:
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mount
ls -ald /mnt/windows
 
Old 07-26-2006, 01:33 AM   #6
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Agh big text. Please provide the output of the following:
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mount
ls -ald /mnt/windows
Here is what I got
[rohan@localhost ~]$ su -
Password:
[root@localhost ~]# mount
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 on / type ext3 (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
/dev/hda8 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
automount(pid1945) on /net type autofs (rw,fd=4,pgrp=1945,minproto=2,maxproto=4)/dev/sda on /media/DA GR8 VOG type vfat (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,shortname=winnt,uid=500)
/dev/hda1 on /mnt/win type vfat (rw)
/dev/hda5 on /mnt/win type vfat (rw)
/dev/hda6 on /mnt/win type vfat (rw)
[root@localhost ~]# ls -ald /mnt/windows
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 26 02:22 /mnt/windows
[root@localhost ~]#

 
Old 07-26-2006, 09:40 AM   #7
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Ok, you can't write to that directory as only root has permission to write to it. Try adding "-o umask=000" to the mount options (or just the umask=000 in fstab).
 
Old 07-26-2006, 01:09 PM   #8
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Ok, you can't write to that directory as only root has permission to write to it. Try adding "-o umask=000" to the mount options (or just the umask=000 in fstab).
thank you very very much matir for your help i have done it...with all your efforts
 
Old 07-26-2006, 01:37 PM   #9
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No problem. I take it that its working now
 
Old 07-26-2006, 02:15 PM   #10
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No problem. I take it that its working now
Now again another ques is not there any way to install any linux software like what we do in windows?? That means the exe right button click and the installation interface all quiet and perfect. Now linux is very good except this software installation process...
Again I have installed rplayer but I couldn't play more than one song at a time I have to select single song every time . It doesnot have any list or library how pathetic...
What is the problem and what should I do...But in windows the same player (here real player 10) has a list and there anyone can save 100 songs at a time....
 
Old 07-26-2006, 02:26 PM   #11
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Geh... Real Player sucks. :-P

Use xmms.

Linux has a better way to install software: a single interface to install basically everything without even hunting for installers.

Under Debian-based distributions, it's called Synaptic.
 
Old 07-26-2006, 02:38 PM   #12
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Geh... Real Player sucks. :-P

Use xmms.
Ok matir thnx I will install it

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Linux has a better way to install software: a single interface to install basically everything without even hunting for installers.

Under Debian-based distributions, it's called Synaptic.
I am using Fedora core5 so is it possible to use synaptic anyway

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Old 07-26-2006, 02:49 PM   #13
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Not sure about using Synaptic under Fedora, but you'll want to familiarise yourself with yum. This may be of use to you.
 
Old 07-26-2006, 02:58 PM   #14
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Thnx for the reply....
One more thing I have installed liferea rss feeder but how do i start it

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