> root@yosida /# settrans -c /linux /hurd/ext2fs -r /dev/hd0s2 > root@yosida /# settrans -c /linux/home /hurd/ext2fs /dev/hd0s7 > settrans: /linux/usr: Read-only file system You are trying to set passive translators here, which means writing to the disk. If you just want to mount the filesystems one time (like a unix mount), use settrans -a.