On 22 December 2011 10:52, Raf Czlonka <r...@linuxstuff.pl> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 10:35:34AM GMT, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> I've just tried to create a folder on the external h/d which failed. >> This is the error report;- >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> mkdir /media/8eef3b99-c17b-4913-ae61-d34c7fd5d459/test >> mkdir: cannot create directory >> `/media/8eef3b99-c17b-4913-ae61-d34c7fd5d459/test': Permission denied >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> Any ideas for a solution please? > > 1. What filesystem is it?
ext3 > 2. How do you mount it, using which utility? gnome automounts on reboot > 3. Do you use /etc/fstab entry and if so what is it? no > 4. After mounting your drive do "ls -la /media". drwxr-xr-x 182 root root 12288 Dec 20 21:42 8eef3b99-c17b-4913-ae61-d34c7fd5d459 Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk/taste/index.html efever = http://www.efever.blogspot.com/ efever = http://sharon04.livejournal.com/ Debian 6,0.3, Gnome 1:2.30+7, LibreOffice 3.4.4 Registered Linux user 334501 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cam9u--feg9ltact6eionxulgqrxnxjv1_-yo88sgruuj3w7...@mail.gmail.com
