Talk:Colorful Bash Prompt

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--Cooknn 15:05, 21 February 2010 (UTC) Even though I'm root I get "read only filesystem" when I try to create /etc/bash or even modify /etc/profile. Suggestion would be greatly appreciated!

Read only file system

The file system on the WebOS is *mounted* read-only, so no process (superuser or not) may modify the file system.

To make changes, you have to 'remount' the file system in read-write mode:

mount -o rw,remount /

This command must be run as with sudo (or as root).


--Cooknn 16:58, 21 February 2010 (UTC) Thank you!