Need help with vi on iPhone

[everman]

I'm using ssh to edit a file on my iPhone that runs a command to disable edge. Here's how

The problem is that when I try to save the file I get the error: "E212: Can't open file for writing"

Yes I'm logged in as root, I even did su root before running vi. As far as I can tell this is a problem associated with not being logged in root, so I don't know why this isn't working.

I'm not very proficient with bsd (on the iphone), so I'd appreciate any help, thanks.

 

[ScottMac]

Try w! (dubya bang) aka "Write dammit!" which overrides most read-only attributes.

 

[kamper]

Filesystem mounted ro? That's not uncommon on small flash based devices.

 

[everman]

Well that didn't work. I'll have wait for a different workaround, thanks though.