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> beden@eastwind.livewire.com.au (Brett Eden) wrote in article
<4s0i9l$5np@lugb.latrobe.edu.au>...
> Please don't laugh :)
> 
> I'm a Linux newbie, and after installing Linux for the first time, found
> that I couldn't write to my drive because it had been set read only. 
Any
> idea why it did this when I first installed?  Obviously I couldn't
change
> it because even though I loaded the file that contains the read/write
perm
> thing into Pico, I couldn't save the output.

Can I swing something past you and take a wild guess that you are using
the Slackware 3.0.0 distribution ??

I had exactly the same problem last week (I am new to Linux as well,
though I have some minor Unix experience). Mount the system using a
boot/root disk setup - which should be OK still, then go into the /sbin
directory.

One of the /rc.d files point to /sbin/mount which is actually a file link
to /bin/mount.

Problem is, the install gets the link wrong, and points to a directory
instead of an executable file.

To fix it, go into /sbin, and have a look at "mount". If it is pointing to
a directory, try :
"ln mount /bin/mount"

I think that is the correct syntax. To test it out go into the /sbin
directory and type "mount". If it works, you will get a list of currently
mounted devices.

Regards,
CSE