Karl Bongers wrote: > On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 11:53:22AM -0600, Kent Schumacher wrote: > >>I get this error: >>mount: block device /dev/sda6 is write-protected, mounting read only. >>mount: cannot mount block device /dev/sda6 read-only. >>This is stirring a memory, but things aren't gelling - anybody have any >>specific help? > > > Are you just doing: > mount /boot > You can't rely on /etc/fstab, so you need to specify the partition: > mkdir /tmp/myboot > mount /dev/XXX /tmp/myboot > > Knoppix probably automounted it and doing smart things? > Try: > df > to see what mounts are present. > > OK, this was easy to solve once I started looking at the permissions: ardvar: ls -l /boot /tmp lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Oct 17 09:39 /boot -> /KNOPPIX/boot lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Oct 17 09:39 /tmp -> /var/tmp Thanks for the help. Knoppix really is amazing... _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list