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    Can't write to EXT3 drive

    Hi guys. I reformatted a perfectly good EXT3 drive to reiserfs so i could store backups on it, but after i made the convert i had no write privilages. So i have since decided to change back to EXT3 but i am still without write privileges and this pisses me off, because i want it to be solely for my system backups. Can anyone please tell me how to get it working properly again as i am fairly new to Linux.

    P.S. My fstab looks like this

    # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
    #
    # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
    proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
    # /dev/sda1
    UUID=8b2913f4-0ec6-4584-ba26-f81d400ef79a / ext3 nouser,defaults,errors=remount-ro,atime,auto,rw,dev,exec,suid 0 1
    # /dev/sda5
    UUID=0daea67e-30af-4c80-9a1c-851487fa4761 none swap sw 0 0
    /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,atime,noauto,rw,dev,exec,suid 0 0
    /dev/sdb1 /media/sdb1 auto users,atime,auto,rw,nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
    /dev/sdc1 /media/sdc1 auto users,atime,auto,rw,nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0

    Thanks

    #2
    Re: Can't write to EXT3 drive

    Which drive? /dev/sdb1 or /dev/sdc1 or another that isn't listed in the fstab file??
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    Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
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      #3
      Re: Can't write to EXT3 drive

      Sorry, lol. the sdb1 drive is the one giving me the problem

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        #4
        Re: Can't write to EXT3 drive

        May we safely assume that this drive is internal, and not a connected USB drive?
        Windows no longer obstructs my view.
        Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
        "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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          #5
          Re: Can't write to EXT3 drive

          Correct. It's an internal IDE drive. Actually it's the master drive of the master/slave setup. sdc1 being the slave, and i have bo problem with reading or writing to that drive and that's NTFS.

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            #6
            Re: Can't write to EXT3 drive

            I figured it out after reading this post:
            http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3093138.0

            I opened konqueror in root and nav'd to storage media, then i just changed the ownership options and BINGO, i'm good.

            Thanks

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