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Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 12:37:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Lukas Ruf <lpruf@stud.ee.ethz.ch>
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Subject: Re: mounting FAT Partitions -- and 3.1 -> 3.2 Upgrade
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On Tue, 25 May 1999, Lukas Ruf wrote:

> Hi list,
> 
> when I mount a fat partition at boot up (with /etc/fstab), the
> partition/mount point will be read only for the normal users. I
> specified explicitely the rw option in fstab but the mount point
> remained read only. Then I tried  chmod a=rwx <mountpoint> as root but
> the mount point remained read only.

Set the perms on the mountpoint before mouting the fs.

> I currently use 3.1 FreeBSD Release and intend to upgrade to 3.2. Is
> there any possible risk of loosing the installation?

No, not that I've heard of.

Doug White                               
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