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Ubuntu VM "read only file system" fix?

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Mar 15, 202667254 views

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I was going to install VMWare tools on an Ubuntu server Virtual Machine, but I ran into the issue of not being able to create a cdrom directory in the /mnt directory. I then tested to see if it was just a permissions issue, but I couldn't even create a folder in the home directory. It continues to …

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Although this is a relatively old question, the answer is still the same. You have a virtual machine (running on a physical host) and some sort of storage (either shared storage – a FC SAN, iSCSI storage, an NFS share – or local storage). With virtu…

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