Is root not enough?

[gabeio]

Apparently root/admin is not enough...

[root@io 2TBALPHAU]# npm install gnu-tools
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/gnu-tools
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/gnu-tools
npm WARN package.json [email protected] No README.md file found!
npm ERR! Error: EPERM, chown '/media/2TBALPHAU/node_modules/gnu-tools/package.json'
npm ERR!  { [Error: EPERM, chown '/media/2TBALPHAU/node_modules/gnu-tools/package.json']
npm ERR!   errno: 50,
npm ERR!   code: 'EPERM',
npm ERR!   path: '/media/2TBALPHAU/node_modules/gnu-tools/package.json',
npm ERR!   fstream_finish_call: 'chown',
npm ERR!   fstream_type: 'File',
npm ERR!   fstream_path: '/media/2TBALPHAU/node_modules/gnu-tools/package.json',
npm ERR!   fstream_class: 'FileWriter',
npm ERR!   fstream_stack: 
npm ERR!    [ '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/fstream/lib/writer.js:305:19',
npm ERR!      '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:222:7',
npm ERR!      'Object.oncomplete (fs.js:107:15)' ] }
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.

npm ERR! System Linux 2.6.32-279.22.1.el6.centos.plus.i686
npm ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "gnu-tools"
npm ERR! cwd /media/2TBALPHAU/
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.5
npm ERR! npm -v 1.2.18
npm ERR! path /media/2TBALPHAU/node_modules/gnu-tools/package.json
npm ERR! fstream_path /media/2TBALPHAU/node_modules/gnu-tools/package.json
npm ERR! fstream_type File
npm ERR! fstream_class FileWriter
npm ERR! fstream_finish_call chown
npm ERR! code EPERM
npm ERR! errno 50
npm ERR! stack Error: EPERM, chown '/media/2TBALPHAU/node_modules/gnu-tools/package.json'
npm ERR! fstream_stack /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/fstream/lib/writer.js:305:19
npm ERR! fstream_stack /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:222:7
npm ERR! fstream_stack Object.oncomplete (fs.js:107:15)
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR!     /media/2TBALPHAU/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0
[root@io 2TBALPHAU]# 

su GOD?

[gabeio]

side note: centos 6