Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 13:58:30 +0200 (MET DST) From: Robert Eckardt <roberte@mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> To: tensbum@ix.netcom.com (Michael P. Deslippe) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Making a DOS Partition writeable Message-ID: <199610171158.NAA01001@ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> In-Reply-To: <3.0b36.32.19961017040901.00c7d2f8@ix.netcom.com> from "Michael P. Deslippe" at "17. Oct. 96 4:06:12"
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> 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
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