 Mounting Read-only /usr/share.rom As Read-write |
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 Jan 13 2005, 01:22 AM
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I would like to make some changes to my mc.ext file which resides in /usr/share.rom/mc, but the area is mounted as read only. How do I mount it as read-write so that I can make my change?
Failing that, can I remove the Midnight Commander package and re-install it elsewhere? Thanks, John |
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Jan 13 2005, 03:30 AM
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I also want to edit the smb.conf resides in /usr/lib.rom and change the codepage.
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Jan 13 2005, 04:50 AM
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In both cases, delete the link that point to the file in read-only memory and copy the file itself to where the link was. After that you'll be able to edit the file.
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Jan 14 2005, 04:11 AM
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QUOTE(maslovsky @ Jan 13 2005, 04:50 AM) In both cases, delete the link that point to the file in read-only memory and copy the file itself to where the link was. After that you'll be able to edit the file. That's the first thing I did, but it didn't help. It seems like path-wise it's looking in /usr/share.rom/ first. Renaming the mc.ext file has no effect on the way that Midnight Commander treats extensions, so I'm pretty sure that it's going right to the /usr/share.rom/ directory first. I did some extensive checking around (.profile and the different mc.sh files, etc) on where else it could be, but I couldn't find it... Thanks, John |
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Jan 14 2005, 08:40 AM
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As long as you aren't using a Cacko rom then you can do
CODE mount -o rw,remount / To remount the / filesystem read-write. Make sure you do CODE mount -o ro,remount / when you are finished or you could do something stupid like delete your copy of busybox by mistake.If you are using a Cacko rom then you will have to learn how to make squashfs or cramfs (depending on cacko rom version) filesystems and create a new /boot/usr.bin - I don't recommend this unless you are ready to reflash your Zaurus if you don't do it correctly. Stu |
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Jan 14 2005, 12:05 PM
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QUOTE(maslovsky @ Jan 13 2005, 08:50 PM) In both cases, delete the link that point to the file in read-only memory and copy the file itself to where the link was. After that you'll be able to edit the file. ya, i deleted /usr/lib/samba/smb.conf which is linked to /usr/lib.rom/samba/smb.conf, then copied that file to where the link was deleted. i could now make changes to that file and it works properly with the codepage i desired. thanks. |
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