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Date:      Thu, 17 Oct 1996 13:58:30 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      Robert Eckardt <roberte@mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
To:        tensbum@ix.netcom.com (Michael P. Deslippe)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Making a DOS Partition writeable
Message-ID:  <199610171158.NAA01001@ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
In-Reply-To: <3.0b36.32.19961017040901.00c7d2f8@ix.netcom.com> from "Michael P. Deslippe" at "17. Oct. 96  4:06:12"

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> I have a 30MB Primary DOS partition on the same HD with FreeBSD.
> Unfortunately, it is Read-Only.  Is it possible to mount a DOS partition
> that id Read-Write capable?  Why is the primary DOS partition Read-Only?

Look into /etc/fstab
You will find a line like
/dev/wd0s1                      /c              msdos   ro 0 0
                               This makes it read-only: ^^

Just change it to
/dev/wd0s1      	        /c              msdos   rw 0 0

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