I did see this mount command in a Linux Format magazine I was reading yesterday. In fact, I took some old parts I had and built a Windows 98 machine (500 mhz) just to test this out. The problem that I was originally working on is resolved by other methods, but I really wanted to get this to work, at least as a learning experience. So I will try this.
Thanks for the reply. Maybe with the meeting moved to another night I might be able to pop in now and then. You might remember me from an Install fest last year. I was the old guy who showed up with the IBM Laptop on Suse. Bob Ackerman Asst VP/EDP Bank of Kirksville -----Original Message----- From: Caleb Jorden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Nov 15, 2004 1:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [fsck] Re: Knoppix Problem The problem most likely is that the hard drive or usb keychain was mounted read-only. If you mount it read-write (using a root shell running "mount -o remount -rw /mnt/sda1" or the GUI by right-clicking on the icon and choosing the correct option) you will be able to write to it if it is formatted FAT32. If it is NTFS, you really should reformat it FAT32 for compatibility reasons :). Sorry that it did not work out for you. I hope this helps for future experiences. Caleb Jorden On Mon, 2004-11-15 at 12:41, Bob Ackerman wrote: > I had checked the device and mount point for proper permissions. I could > read the device but I could not write to it, even after su for root. > Permissions were all set to 0777 or 0666 as needed but I was unable to > write any data. I suspected the problem may be in the /etc/fstab file > but I never got that resolved. We finally removed the hard disk, mounted > in my PC, copied the files, reinstalled the hard disk back into the PC > then format C: and reinstalled the OS. I would have been nice to get > Knoppix to work but unfortuately my friend doesn't believe Linux is ready. > > Thanks for the help. > > Bob Ackerman > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Goggin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Nov 15, 2004 11:56 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [fsck] Re: Knoppix Problem > > Right-clicking on the usb device icon [Hard Disk Partition (sda1)] and > choosing Actions -> Change read/write mode worked for me. I had > previously su'ed in a terminal and changed the root password. I don't > think that was necessary but I include it just in case it was. > > --Mike Goggin > > Bob Ackerman wrote: > > > I did drop down to the shell prompt and type 'su' to get to root. I > > checked permissions at that level and they were fine yet I was unable > > to copy to the USB device, nor could create a directory. I did not try > > to use a floppy because most of my files were at least 2MB in size and > > would not fit. > > > > There must be some little command or option I am missing. > > > > Bob Ackerman > > > > > > > > Justin West wrote: > > > >> Ya, I think I got this issue resolved by just logging in as root > >> (su), then writing to the drive was no problem for me. May not be > >> good practice, but it worked. > >> > >> Benjamin Story wrote: > >> > >>> rootme ? > >>> Bob Ackerman wrote: > >>> > >>>> I friend asked me to help recover some files from his crashed and > >>>> non-startable Windows 98 system (and no, I haven't talked him into > >>>> Linux, yet). I am using Knoppix 3.3 and I get the system started > >>>> and here is my problem. I need to write to an USB attached device, > >>>> either a flash drive or a USB HDD (I have both). Each device mounts > >>>> properly (/mnt/sda1 and /mnt/sda2) and I can see all contents of > >>>> each device. What I need to do is to be able to write to these > >>>> drives. Now the permissions appear to be set properly and I checked > >>>> the /etc/mtab file and the USB is referenced as follows (I suspect > >>>> is default Knoppix): > >>>> > >>>> usb /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs rw,devmode 0666 0 0 > >>>> > >>>> Does anybody have some suggestions? This is the first time I used > >>>> Knoppix to recover files from a crashed system and I am looking for > >>>> some success here. > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> > >>>> Bob Ackerman > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> with Subject: unsubscribe > >>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> with Subject: unsubscribe > >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> ----------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> with Subject: unsubscribe > >> ----------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with Subject: unsubscribe > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe -----------------------------------------------------------------
