[NTLUG:Discuss] ro filesys

./aal al_h at technologist.com
Sat Aug 27 09:34:58 CDT 2005


Robert Citek wrote:
> 
> On Aug 26, 2005, at 8:03 PM, ./aal wrote:
> 
>> I have been trying to copy a few directories from ntfs to vfat.
>> I started to copy and all was well till I chose to stop it during  copy.
>> When I try to restart the copy I get the error that this is a read  only
>> file sys. I cannot make any changes to this partition.
>>
>> why would it have changed like this?
>> How can I fix it?
> 
> 
> What do the logs say?  /var/log/messages or dmesg.  I've seen this  
> happen a couple of times.  One time when a disk was going bad.   Another 
> when the kernel got a bit confused (bad driver?).  The fix  for the 
> former: got the data off and put in a new disk.  The latter  was fixed 
> by a simple reboot.
> 
> Regards,
> - Robert
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I booted to windows and ran a scan on ntfs and vfat parts.
Booted to linux and copy ran fine. But......
Now I do not see a copy dialog(no progress bar).

where did that go?




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