[GNUz] Voyage setup part2: read-only

[Steve Holdoway]

... also the remountrw command may help 

On Tue, 23 May 2006 12:45:24 +1200
Steve Holdoway <steve@greengecko.co.nz> wrote:

> It's designed for CF - read only systems. Any permanent changes need to be made in /ro/... ( where you'd normally find it ), and they're copied across at bootup.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Steve
> On Tue, 23 May 2006 12:38:09 +1200
> Rik Tindall <ask@infohelp.co.nz> wrote:
> 
> > Howdy. The networking is sorted now, with wlan0 untested but looking 
> > good. But it's a slow process until I gain write permission over the 
> > install. /root/ is the only area I've noticed where I can so far save 
> > work. So here's the process used - can anyone spot the fault?:
> > 
> > # cd /dev/hda9[Xandros]/rm * -R
> > # cp ~/voyage-0.2.tar.gz voyage-0.2.tar.gz
> 
> > # tar -xvf voyage-0.2.tar.gz [creates folder: voyage-0.2]
> > # mv voyage-0.2/* /dev/hda9/
> > 
> > That put the filesystem into place, and it boots ok using:
> > 
> > title		Voyage Debian GNU/Linux 0.2 (on hda9)
> > root		(hd0,8)
> > systemmap	/boot/System.map-2.6.15-486-voyage
> > kernel		(hd0,8)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-486-voyage root=/dev/hda9 rw
> > 
> > I've checked all the ownerships and permissions, but still cannot 
> > edit-save the configuration files I own as root. What's up please?
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > -- 
> > Rik Tindall, InfoHelp Services <http://www.infohelp.co.nz> on virus-free
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