Mount gives.... /dev/hda1 on /mnt/windows type ntfs (rw)
but it will not allow me, even as root, to delete or rename files. Regards, Robert If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you. -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Sawtell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 23 July 2003 10:08 a.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Repairing Win2k using Knoppix On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 09:45, you wrote: > I believe that some of you have used Knoppix to repair Win2k. > > The Microsoft Knowledge base (is that an oxymoron?) has a suggested > solution.... > > If your system fails to boot because the System hive is corrupt, it may be > possible to rename the System.alt file to System to recover Windows. This > file is located in the Systemroot\System32\Config folder. > > How does one use Knoppix to get more than just read rights to an NTFS > partition? What does the mount command with no options say about the ro/rw status of the partition? Have you tried re-mounting the partition read-write? mount -o remount,rw /dev/<ntfs_device> /mnt/<ntfs_mount_point> man mount -- ( no thanks :-) for all the gore. Note that Linux writing to a ntfs partition is considered experimental! HTH > PS - for your amusement - the faulty PC was "built" yesterday for a guy > here nicknamed "Titanic". Guess why! Theres always one of them in any decent sized org. In a previous job I was frequently dealing with the wake of problems trailing behind a certain indiviual. -- Sincerely etc., Christopher Sawtell
