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I've just started to get the error message 'Permissions Denied' when I try to access hda5 which is my /usr partition. My / partition is OK and shows Owner root-root and drwxr-xr-x but I can't access the details for /usr. I've no idea about Permissions so what can I do?
$ mount hda5
mount: can't open /etc/mtab for writing: Input/output error
That's using Konsole as User rather than Root.
I get the same result if I try to mount from My Computer / Storage Media / hda5 and I also get the same result for a couple of SD cards and the XP hda2.
Just try the "mount" command. If you type "mount hda7" chances are the mount command will think you're actually trying to mount a partition called hda7 (which is nonsensical anyhow). You can't mount generally as a non-root user hence the permission denied.
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