For some reason I get a 'read-only file system when attempting to
write to a Fat32 volume. Here's my fstab entry for the device I wish
to write to:

/dev/hdd5 /phoebe vfat noauto,user,umask=0 0 0

Here's the output from mount:

/dev/fd2 on / type umsdos (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
/dev/hdd5 on /phoebe type vfat
(rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,umask=0,user=bp)

Here's the response to rm /phoebe/junk.txt:
rm: cannot remove `/phoebe/junk': Read-only file system

mount says it's rw, but rm says it's ro.

ZipSlack is on /dev/hda3.

Suggestions?

rufo wrote:
> For some reason I get a 'read-only file system when attempting to
> write to a Fat32 volume. Here's my fstab entry for the device I wish
> to write to:
>
> /dev/hdd5 /phoebe vfat noauto,user,umask=0 0 0
^^^^^^^^
should read:
,umask=000

You need to alter the mask for Group and User, as well as root.
>
> Here's the output from mount:
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>
> Suggestions?


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The problem turned out to be a corrupted file system. When I used a
knoppix disc to run dosfsck, it found and fixed errors. Then I was
able to write to the FAT32 volume, with the fstab as stated above.
The problem now is that every time I install some new software
(acroread, firefox) I get new file corruptions. Is there something
inherently unstable about UMSDOS?