My daughter got into trouble with her XP machine so I offered to save the files she wants, using a Linux CD, then re-installing.. Trouble is; the needed files are bigger than my flash drive or Zip disks so I thought I would delete some files known bad.. But Linux kernel 2.6.11 or 2.6.13 cannot write to a NTFS drive; read only.. Has this been changed or fixed, maybe with another kernel or program?? Mounting the XP drive partition no problem.. Chmod doesn't work of course.. :^(.. Any suggestions.. TIA Best, -- Hal. . - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs