From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 17 05:01:54 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id FAA26318 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 17 Oct 1996 05:01:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de [134.147.6.16]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id FAA26301 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 1996 05:00:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from roberte@localhost) by ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA01001; Thu, 17 Oct 1996 13:58:31 +0200 (MET DST) From: Robert Eckardt Message-Id: <199610171158.NAA01001@ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> Subject: Re: Making a DOS Partition writeable In-Reply-To: <3.0b36.32.19961017040901.00c7d2f8@ix.netcom.com> from "Michael P. Deslippe" at "17. Oct. 96 4:06:12" To: tensbum@ix.netcom.com (Michael P. Deslippe) Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 13:58:30 +0200 (MET DST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I have a 30MB Primary DOS partition on the same HD with FreeBSD. > Unfortunately, it is Read-Only. Is it possible to mount a DOS partition > that id Read-Write capable? Why is the primary DOS partition Read-Only? Look into /etc/fstab You will find a line like /dev/wd0s1 /c msdos ro 0 0 This makes it read-only: ^^ Just change it to /dev/wd0s1 /c msdos rw 0 0 -- Robert Eckardt \\ FreeBSD -- solutions for a large universe.(tm) RobertE@MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de \\ What do you want to boot tomorrow ?(tm) http://WWW.MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de/~roberte For PGP-key finger roberte@gluon.MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de