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Posted: Mar. 29 2004,01:31 QUOTE
I have an old Satellite Pro 425CDT with an old version of RedHat on it.  I bought a copy of DSL and booted it up.  I can mount the existing harddisk any number of ways, but it is only RO.  How do I mount it RW, or better yet, reformat it for a clean system?
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Posted: Mar. 29 2004,02:35 QUOTE
Under a root terminal you can mount it with a "-w" to make it read/write.  
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mount -w /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1


Also, while under a root terminal you can fdisk the drive if you want to wipe it out to start fresh.
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