On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 10:29 -0400, Timothy A. Holmes wrote: > Someone with the reply address of > replies-lists-redhat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Asked how the partition was mounted -- I cant reply directly to them for > some reason, so here's my answer > > The bin directory is on the / partition, so as far as I know, it should > be read write, but I don't know how to confirm its mount status for sure Run "mount". Hopefully you will see "/dev/hda? on / type ext3 (rw)" - the rw in brackets means the filesystem is mounted read/write. Not sure what else to suggest here..... Cheers, Ben > > TIM > > > Timothy A. Holmes > IT Manager / Network Admin / Web Master / Computer Teacher > > Medina Christian Academy > A Higher Standard... > > Jeremiah 33:3 > Jeremiah 29:11 > Esther 4:14 > > >