HD Install :: hda1 and sda1 are read-only..why?

Greetings,
I've installed to hard disk, now I want to save files there too. However I can't make a dir or save a file. Even when I attempt to change permissions I can't.

External drive on USB can be read, again not writable (I'm using emelfm).

Warning...I'm a newbie!

Regards
JR

removeable disks are mounted by root, which means root owns them. Try adding a directory (as root) which is owned by dsl, and you should be able to write to that directory.

I can't explain the harddisk issue yet....too many unspecified variables.
Are you using frugal or a traditional harddrive install?
What portion(s) of the disk are you trying to write?
What user is trying to write?

Most of the system, in any linux distro, is writeable by root only. Regular users like dsl can write only to directories owned by dsl, which makes for a more secure and stable system.

Also, make sure that the filesystem is rw supported by DSL (it seems some are using ntfs for their external usb drives)

I have a similar problem. I am running from CD, and want to download and save to my USB drive. It is mounted rw, and using usbdevfs, and I am root. When I try to create a directory I get "cannot create directory 'name': no such file or directory." Any ideas?

Thanks!

Please give your output of `mount`, and a log of the commands (+output) you used.

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