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Submitted by amori on Sun, 15/05/2005 - 23:35.
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Salamz,

I'm using knoppix distro (CD). I created an ext3 parition for write purposes. It won't let me set the permissions. When I try to enable write access I receive the following error:

"Changing the attribute of files is not supported with protocol devices"

I would have expected the error in an ntfs partition, but why am I getting it in an ext3 partition. Any way to resolve the issue, otherwise I won't be able to save anything.

Best Regards, Amori

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how did you try to enable the
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Submitted by Conceptor on Mon, 16/05/2005 - 00:00.

how did you try to enable the write access to the device?

did you mount the device properly

mount /dev/??? /path/to/mountedfs -o rw

ensure that the directory which the devices is mounted on has the write permission for the user.

Diaa Radwan


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Thanks. I guess the trick
Submitted by amori on Mon, 16/05/2005 - 01:58.

Thanks.

I guess the trick was to use the terminal, as opposed to the GUI.

su - cd /mnt chmod 777 /mnt/hda5

Its' working now :)

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