Knoppix Questions

[Brett I. Holcomb]

Well, I got the dpt_i2o module loaded using a floppy in expert mode.  
However, that doesn't help me with the hosts and other files!  I would 
think you should be able to modify them - I know they won't stick but 
that's okay.

Brett I. Holcomb wrote:

> Okay, unfortunately I don't have a device on my desktop for / or any of
> the
> other mount points.  It booted to KDE 3.0.  When I tell it to create a new
> hard disk I only get a choice of floppy or cdrom.  A mount command from
> the command line shows /dev/root is mounted as / and is rw but I can't do
> anything with it.
> 
> Knoppix says the system is locked up but don't tell you how to unlock it
> <G>!
> 
> 
> Net Llama! wrote:
> 
>> On 02/11/03 18:20, Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
>>> I've burned a CD of the latest Knoppix in hopes I could use it to boot
>>> can't
>>> even save the hosts file if I modify it.  I get an error about can't
>>> save linked files.
>>> 
>>> What's going on with this distro - how do I get it to allow me to
>>> install
>>> modules.  I went to the Knoppix English forum and tried to search but
>>> the results are all in German and I forgot all my German years ago!
>> 
>> right click on the device icon for the device you wish to remount, and
>> there should be an option to mount it rw.  from there you'll be in
>> business, i think.
>> 
> 

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