Having problems using the mount command

Volker Wysk post at volker-wysk.de
Sun Aug 23 05:14:21 UTC 2020


Am Samstag, den 22.08.2020, 15:58 -0700 schrieb Bob:
> I am definitely a novice at this.
> 
> I am trying to mount /dev/sda5 to a mount point in my home
> directory.  I can
> get it mounted but it is read-only.  The command
> 
> robert at MARS:~$ sudo mount --read-write /dev/sda5
> /home/robert/FAT32SHARE
> 
> mounts it but read-only.
> 
> Putting the following in fstab has the same problem
> 
> LABEL=FAT32SHARE       /home/robert/FAT32SHARE
> vfat    defaults        0      
> 2
> 
> from what I read 'defaults' should set read-write.
> 
> Currently I have to use "files" then click "other Locations" then
> click
> "FAT32SHARE" and it gets mounted at /media/robert/FAT32SHARE read-
> write.

Does this work, after the ro mount:

sudo touch /home/robert/FAT32SHARE/xyz

Bye
Volker





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