*BSD News Article 98337


Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 09:29:11 -0700
From: pvmcg@inreach.com (chris m)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: MacBSD newbie--please help
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This probably has a simple answer, but I'm trying to learn UN*X

I have macBSD working on my mac, but whenever I try to create a file, the
computer tells me that "this is a read-only filesystem."  How can I change
this?

Thanks in advance,
chris mcgraw
<pvmcg@inreach.com>