+#: ../fish/guestfish.pod:402
+msgid "OPENING DISKS FOR READ AND WRITE"
+msgstr ""
+
+# type: textblock
+#: ../fish/guestfish.pod:404
+msgid ""
+"The guestfish (and L<guestmount(1)>) options I<--ro> and I<--rw> affect "
+"whether the other command line options I<-a>, I<-c>, I<-d>, I<-i> and I<-m> "
+"open disk images read-only or for writing."
+msgstr ""
+
+# type: textblock
+#: ../fish/guestfish.pod:408
+msgid ""
+"In libguestfs E<lt> 1.6.2, guestfish and guestmount defaulted to opening "
+"disk images supplied on the command line for write. To open a disk image "
+"read-only you have to do I<-a image --ro>."
+msgstr ""
+
+# type: textblock
+#: ../fish/guestfish.pod:412
+msgid ""
+"This matters: If you accidentally open a live VM disk image writable then "
+"you will cause irreversible disk corruption."
+msgstr ""
+
+# type: textblock
+#: ../fish/guestfish.pod:415
+msgid ""
+"By libguestfs 1.8 we intend to change the default the other way. Disk "
+"images will be opened read-only. You will have to either specify "
+"I<guestfish --rw> or change a configuration file in order to get write "
+"access for disk images specified by those other command line options."
+msgstr ""
+
+# type: textblock
+#: ../fish/guestfish.pod:420
+msgid ""
+"This version of guestfish has a I<--rw> option which does nothing (it is "
+"already the default). However it is highly recommended that you use this "
+"option to indicate that guestfish needs write access, and to prepare your "
+"scripts for the day when this option will be required for write access."
+msgstr ""
+
+# type: textblock
+#: ../fish/guestfish.pod:426
+msgid ""
+"B<Note:> This does I<not> affect commands like L</add> and L</mount>, or any "
+"other libguestfs program apart from guestfish and guestmount."
+msgstr ""
+
+# type: =head1
+#: ../fish/guestfish.pod:429