Hello,
I just installed antiX-M8. I had 7.2 running but it did not recognize my external USB harddisk. I thought I would give M8 a try.
Though I get some errors, about which I will write in another topic, it works great. I really love it. I've been away form Linux and Antix for about half year but now I want to use this old Pentium III again. Back then I had great support from anti and you guys on this forum.
Well I can see and read my external harddisk now, but I can not write files to it.
When I want to change the setting, as a normal user, it says it is a Read Only File System.
Do I have to change the settings after logging in as root? Can I make this drive available with chmod commands?
Please, explain in small clear steps as I am not really an experienced linux user. Thank you.
Piet
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PiediePosts: 69
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Last edited by Piedie on 15 Feb 2009, 18:07, edited 1 time in total.
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PiediePosts: 69
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Hi there,
After a long search (via mepislovers) I was redirected to a thread on this forum and found the solution to my problem. That is partially. Now I can read and write to my NTSF USB disk when I turn it on before I start antiX.
I added the line to fstab just like eriefisher describes (of course with my own mount point). See
========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"antix.freeforu ms.org/some-questions-about-antix-7-2-t816.html#p4651"
linktext was:"antix.freeforu ms.org/some-questi ... html#p4651"
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" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false . Maybe this should in short form be posted in tips and tricks __{{emoticon}}__ __{{emoticon}}__
Next I will try this 'turn on' and 'turn of' of a USB NTFS harddisk as is described in the same thread. I will have tot reread it because I did not understand at first.
Piedie
P.S. It's a good feeling being helped but als solving my own problem by searching
After a long search (via mepislovers) I was redirected to a thread on this forum and found the solution to my problem. That is partially. Now I can read and write to my NTSF USB disk when I turn it on before I start antiX.
I added the line to fstab just like eriefisher describes (of course with my own mount point). See
========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"antix.freeforu ms.org/some-questions-about-antix-7-2-t816.html#p4651"
linktext was:"antix.freeforu ms.org/some-questi ... html#p4651"
====================================
" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false . Maybe this should in short form be posted in tips and tricks __{{emoticon}}__ __{{emoticon}}__
Next I will try this 'turn on' and 'turn of' of a USB NTFS harddisk as is described in the same thread. I will have tot reread it because I did not understand at first.
Piedie
P.S. It's a good feeling being helped but als solving my own problem by searching
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anticapitalista
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Piedie, I'll add the link you gave to tips and tricks.
I'd also like to say that IMHO self-education (with help) is the best way to learn and to remember what we have learnt, whereas"Spoon-feeding" is useless as it creates a dependency culture.
Figuring things out for yourself, with guidelines, is really what learning anything is all about IMO.
I'd also like to say that IMHO self-education (with help) is the best way to learn and to remember what we have learnt, whereas"Spoon-feeding" is useless as it creates a dependency culture.
Figuring things out for yourself, with guidelines, is really what learning anything is all about IMO.