Mounting Read-only /usr/share.rom As Read-write

[waalkman]

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

[penguinsam]

I also want to edit the smb.conf resides in /usr/lib.rom and change the codepage.

[maslovsky]

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.

[waalkman]

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

[Stubear]

As long as you aren't using a Cacko rom then you can do

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mount -o rw,remount /To remount the / filesystem read-write.

Make sure you do

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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

[penguinsam]

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.