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Re: read-only file system



On Sat, 6 Nov 1999, T.V.Gnanasekaran wrote:

> I can't create dir in /usr/doc area. I get:
> 
> genome:/usr/doc# mkdir test
> mkdir: cannot make directory `test': Read-only file system
> genome:/usr/doc# 

Probably because /usr was mounted readonly.  Try:

   mount

and see if this is true.  To change to read/write see
the man page for mount.

-- 
Jean Pierre


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