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Cant save changes to config.txt. Help needed.

hoekeat

I cant seems to save any changes to my SD card.

 

Plug in my (Wheezy) SD card to my Windows Vista / 7 pc, edit the file, save. Then reopen the file to confirm the changes is saved.

Eject the SD card. Reinsert the SD Card, open the config.txt again and the changes is gone.

 

What happened? what can i do to make changes to the card?

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  • Hi Hoe Keat Lim. Your problem maybe that file permissions in Windows and Linux file systems are very diffrent. You are trying to read and edit a Debian file system file on a windows file system and it is not aware of the permissions that "wheezy" has placed in the file.

     

    A simple way round this for you would be either run a VM on your windows pc with a Debian system loaded as guest or edit the files on the Pi.

     

    It maybe that you are having problems with the /boot/config.txt file on the SD wheezy card and cant do the edits on the pi? In which case I suggest the VM option or setup a windows PC to dual boot with Debian. Lots of choices but hope this answer helps a little.

     

    Good Luck

    Ray

     

    edited by: Ray a little later Don't forget on the Pi you will need to use sudo nano /boot/config.txt to be able to save the changes you make. (if using nano as your editor - or change editor to suit.)

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  • Hi Hoe Keat Lim. Your problem maybe that file permissions in Windows and Linux file systems are very diffrent. You are trying to read and edit a Debian file system file on a windows file system and it is not aware of the permissions that "wheezy" has placed in the file.

     

    A simple way round this for you would be either run a VM on your windows pc with a Debian system loaded as guest or edit the files on the Pi.

     

    It maybe that you are having problems with the /boot/config.txt file on the SD wheezy card and cant do the edits on the pi? In which case I suggest the VM option or setup a windows PC to dual boot with Debian. Lots of choices but hope this answer helps a little.

     

    Good Luck

    Ray

     

    edited by: Ray a little later Don't forget on the Pi you will need to use sudo nano /boot/config.txt to be able to save the changes you make. (if using nano as your editor - or change editor to suit.)

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