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Dilbert1234567 · 05-18-2006, 07:03 PM

I’ve got a real n00b question, I’m trying to save a file in Linux, and I’m promoted with an empty box. I want to save it to mnt/sda2/filename.txt but I keep getting an error (cannot write) what should I type to make it save there?

phukraut · 05-18-2006, 07:13 PM

Save a file? Is this in a specific program? It sounds like you don't have write access to your directory. What does

Code:

ls -ld /mnt/sda2/

return? Also, maybe you made a typo in your post here, but did you remember the forward slash in front of "mnt"?

insidious_machinae · 05-21-2006, 11:40 AM

Save the file to your home directory, or desktop or something. Then open a console and move it while sudo'd to root.

For example:
sudo mv /home/filename.txt /mnt/sda2/filename.txt

Dilbert1234567 · 05-21-2006, 12:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phukraut

Save a file? Is this in a specific program? It sounds like you don't have write access to your directory. What does

Code:

ls -ld /mnt/sda2/

return? Also, maybe you made a typo in your post here, but did you remember the forward slash in front of "mnt"?

that still did not work, at this point i dont really care, thanks anyways.

cyrnel · 05-21-2006, 01:44 PM

Is a filesystem mounted at /mnt/sda2? Does mount (by itself) show anything at /mnt/sda2?

Mounting something once doesn't necessarily mean it will be there across boots unless you asked for that, put it in your fstab, or have something running that automatically mounts available devices. Just in case you're still reading...

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phukraut Addict	Save a file? Is this in a specific program? It sounds like you don't have write access to your directory. What does Code: ls -ld /mnt/sda2/ return? Also, maybe you made a typo in your post here, but did you remember the forward slash in front of "mnt"?

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cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	Is a filesystem mounted at /mnt/sda2? Does mount (by itself) show anything at /mnt/sda2? Mounting something once doesn't necessarily mean it will be there across boots unless you asked for that, put it in your fstab, or have something running that automatically mounts available devices. Just in case you're still reading... __________________ There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195

05-21-2006, 11:40 AM	#3 (permalink)
insidious_machinae Psycho	Save the file to your home directory, or desktop or something. Then open a console and move it while sudo'd to root. For example: sudo mv /home/filename.txt /mnt/sda2/filename.txt