Knoppix can't edit files on HD

Yuchao719

Yuchao719

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I've been trying the bootable knoppix for a few days now. Works like a charm. Nice insight to linux too. Except for the fact that you can't edit stuff on your HD. I can read everything fine, but just not edit anything. In Konqueror, the "Can view and modify content" is selected by default for everything. However, I just can't save anything. When I try to, it says "Could not write to mnt/hda1/...

Thanks.
 
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Yuchao719 said:
I've been trying the bootable knoppix for a few days now. Works like a charm. Nice insight to linux too. Except for the fact that you can't edit stuff on your HD! I can read everything fine, but just not edit anything. In Konqueror, the "Can view and modify content" is selected by default for everything. However, I just can't save anything. When I try to, it says "Could not write to mnt/hda1/whateveri'mediting

Is there a way to edit and save stuff on bootable knoppix? :ohah:

thanks
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Knoppix can read and write to over 2-dozen types of filesystems. Unfortunately, Windows NT4/2000/XP use an NTFS file system, which is closed-source and proprietary. Knoppix can read NTFS filesystems by default, but it takes some work to actually write to an NTFS partition.

I'll get back to you on this -- I have to visit my mom in the hospital. -AT
 
Yuchao719 said:
thx for the info anyways. I use Windows 98SE so I'm using FAT32
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You can write to a FAT32 natively in Knoppix, no problem! You just have to have to partition mounted as R/W. There should be an entry in your /etc/fstab which something like this:
Code: 
/dev/hda1 /mnt/windows fat32 umask=0022,nls=iso8859-1,ro 0 0
Edit that file to look something like this:
Code: 
/dev/hda1 /mnt/windows fat32 umask=0022,nls=iso8859-1,rw 0 0
 
Thank you Anti-Trend for your unrivaled eagerness to help people out into Linux conversion. You're like those missionaries, except you bring about the love of Linux instead of Windows. I've just been converted :good: lol
I'll try that out on my home computer
 
Yuchao719 said:
Thank you Anti-Trend for your unrivaled eagerness to help people out into Linux conversion. You're like those missionaries, except you bring about the love of Linux instead of Windows. I've just been converted :good: lol
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Linux Missionary... :D "Disgruntled NT Admin" is more like it, but it sounds much better the way you said it. :P
 
disgruntled NT admin...lol
ps
You're an admin at only 23 years old? no offense or anything..but ain't that a lil young?
 
Yuchao719 said:
disgruntled NT admin...lol
ps
You're an admin at only 23 years old? no offense or anything..but ain't that a lil young?
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It's not the years, it's the milage. :P Besides, I've been doing this for 7 years now.
 
Yuchao719 said:
How did you get all the way up to admin that fast? Isn't it quite a rank?
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Well, I started out as a lowly PC Technician who was given admin duties. After a while, I knew as much about sys admin than the admins, so for other employers I was actually qualified for the position.
 
Yuchao719 said:
Lucky you! What kind of education did you recieve to get into the business? High school and University right?
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Well High School yeah, but the only thing I went to university for was psychology, to be honest. I do have some certifications, but no degrees in IT or IS. :P
 
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