CFDisk Problem?

gotvols · n00b Joined: 08 May 2006 Posts: 14 Location: Florida

When I try to use cfdisk it gives me the following error:

opened disk read-only - you have no permissions to write

How do I fix this problem? Any help would be appreciated.

asiB4 · Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 3:24 pm Post subject:

have you chosen the correct disk to partition when using cfdisk, such as; cfdisk /dev/hda or cfdisk /dev/sda (depending on your hardware setup)? if you are using a livecd and just type cfdisk without specifying a disk it will try running on the cd, which would be read-only and give that error. check the link below for more information. hope that helps.

http://www.linuxmanpages.com/man8/cfdisk.8.php
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gotvols · n00b Joined: 08 May 2006 Posts: 14 Location: Florida

I normally just type in cfdisk and it goes directly to my main hard drive. I got a new computer so this one might be different. I'll try chosing the location. I'll post the reults.

n2gen2 · n00b Joined: 08 May 2006 Posts: 5

cyrillic · Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 11:05 pm Post subject:

Try this command. It will list all detected harddrives. That way you will know the correct device name to use.