Installing an OS over the existing OS

[Aaron Rainbolt]

On 2/15/23 22:18, Phil wrote:
>
> On 16/2/23 10:57, Aaron Rainbolt wrote:
>> On 2/15/23 18:53, Aaron Rainbolt wrote:
> Now we can copy the files. Run `sudo cp ./DebianISO/. /mnt/` to copy 
> the contents of the ISO to the USB. (Make sure every character is 
> there and there are no typos. Every slash and period in the command is 
> either necessary or a good idea to have there.)
>> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I messed up the cp 
>> command here! It's `sudo cp -a ./DebianISO/. /mnt/`. I missed the -a. 
>> Sorry about that.
>
>
> I've gone astray somewhere around here. The directory DebianISO is 
> read only and so is /mnt. I attempted to change them to read and write 
> but I probably need to remove the contents first.
>
> cp: cannot create regular file '/mnt/./.disk/cd_type': Read-only file 
> system
> cp: cannot create regular file '/mnt/./.disk/info': Read-only file system
> cp: cannot create regular file '/mnt/./.disk/mkisofs': Read-only file 
> system
> cp: cannot create regular file '/mnt/./.disk/multi_arch': Read-only 
> file system
> cp: cannot create regular file '/mnt/./.disk/udeb_include': Read-only 
> file system
> cp: preserving times for '/mnt/./.disk': Read-only file system
> cp: preserving times for '/mnt/.': Read-only file system
>
That's really weird - you did mount the USB drive partition to /mnt 
right? I would expect DebianISO to be read-only, but not /mnt.

-- 
Aaron Rainbolt
Lubuntu Developer
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