mrbonkers Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 i want to set on of my external drive partition to read only because i do not want the system to write any .ds_store file inside that partition. because that partition holds my modified installation dvd. when i format my hackintosh, the drive becomes "read and write" and i have to set it to read only again. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112685-how-do-i-set-a-drive-to-read-only/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
kytzu Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 i want to set on of my external drive partition to read only because i do not want the system to write any .ds_store file inside that partition. because that partition holds my modified installation dvd. when i format my hackintosh, the drive becomes "read and write" and i have to set it to read only again. make a NTFS partition on external, those are readonly by default Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112685-how-do-i-set-a-drive-to-read-only/#findComment-797469 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaporATX Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 i want to set on of my external drive partition to read only because i do not want the system to write any .ds_store file inside that partition. because that partition holds my modified installation dvd. when i format my hackintosh, the drive becomes "read and write" and i have to set it to read only again. So what exactly are you asking? You want to set the device itself to read only? Short answer... you can't. You can set the filesystem to read only, but only after it has been initialized. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112685-how-do-i-set-a-drive-to-read-only/#findComment-797542 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbonkers Posted June 26, 2008 Author Share Posted June 26, 2008 fixed it, i just chown -R root:wheel that drive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112685-how-do-i-set-a-drive-to-read-only/#findComment-797609 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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