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
More information about the ubuntu-users
mailing list