strange problem removing files

[Jing Su]

Try remounting it again as root:
mount -o remount,rw /windows
and then try removing the file again.

On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, Alex Maynard wrote:

> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 10:47:50 -0500
> From: Alex Maynard <amaynard-vQ8rsROW2HJSpjfjxSPG1fd9D2ou9A/h at public.gmane.org>
> Reply-To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> Subject: [TLUG]: strange problem removing files
>
>
> Hello All,
>
> I'm a bit confused on error message I get trying to remove files on a
> second hard-drive (a windows partition mounted on linux) and just thought
> I'd check to see if anyone had any suggestions or in case I'm missing
> something obvious.
>
> I am getting the following error:
>
> rm: cannot remove `apsi0814_100_100.fmt': Read-only file system
>
> The strange thing is through that:
>
> 1. in /etc/fstab the disk (/windows) is mounted rw:
>
> /dev/hdb1               /windows                vfat
> rw,noauto,dev,exec,async,uni_xlate,suid,user,nonumtail,uid=25732
>
> 2. the files have me as user and permissions set to rw.  Permissions on
> the directories are all rwx
>
> 3. These files had just been written to the disk yesterday and I had been
> able to delete some other files that had been written at the same time.
>
> Earlier this morning the /hdb partition did fill up to 100% capacity and
> the files I've been storing there are unusually large. I
> don't know if that could have caused a problem? Or maybe I'm just missing
> something obvious?
>
> Alex
>
>
>
>
>
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