Knoppix Questions

[Net Llama!]

On 02/11/03 19:10, Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
> Well, I'm not sure.  I can mount a floppy.  Let me restate the problem in a 
> clearer way.
> 
> Knoppix won't let me modify /etc/hosts - tells me it can't modify linked 
> files and it won't let me do a modprobe dpt_i2o even though the module is 
> there - it tells me operartion not permitted.  
> 
> I installed the dpt_i2o module using the expert boot mode of Knoppix and 
> feeding it a floppy.  That got my RAID accessible and I can mount it.
> 
> I guess the issue is"
> 
> 1.  Knoppix has the system locked up somehow so that I can't add modules 
> via modprobe and I can't edit files.  At this point I don't expect them to 
> stay across boots - they have a way to do that but I haven't looked into 
> it.  How do I unlock it so I can modify some of this stuff.
> 
> At least at this point I have networking configured so I can reach the 
> Gentoo servers and am getting my files.  
> 
> It looks like learning Knoppix and how to save across boots will be a 
> future project!  For now I just want to be able to modify files and add 
> modules.

Knoppix boots as a read-only system.  Normally, it detects partitions on 
your HD, and mounts them read-only as well, but gives you the ability to 
remount them read-write.  Now if you're not getting little icons for 
each HD partition, then i'm guessing its not detecting/mounting them.

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