How to mount local disk as read/write

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: How to mount local disk as read/write
started by: porktree

Posted by porktree on Jan. 19 2006,20:19

After booting (2.4) off of the cd, I want to mount my internal drive read/write.

I have edited fstab to change the uid to 0 (root) and the mount options from ro to rw, and I've chmod'd /dev/hda1 to 777, but still when I mount hda1 it's a read only file system.

How do I (or can I) mount my local ntfs disk as rw? thanks.

Posted by mikshaw on Jan. 19 2006,22:16

It can't be done with plain DSL. NTFS is generally thought to be unstable and slow when mounted rw in linux, so many distros don't support it.

You might try adding captiveNTFS to DSL (i have no idea how much effort it takes), or try a distro that already has it.

Another option is to try the DSL virtual machine for VMware. As far as i know, it will allow you to connect to your host Windows system through a virtual network (NAT, I think).

Posted by porktree on Jan. 19 2006,22:32

I was afraid it was something like this. argh. Thanks for the info.