I am trying to use a Knoppix CD to copy an image of a partition to an external storage device. The Knoppix CD boots without any errors and it recognizes both the external (firewire) and internal drives. I can mount the drives and read them. However, I cannot write to either drive. I just get an error that says I cannot write to the drive. Both drives are formatted for Widows (the internal drive is for Win2K). The Knoppix CD reads the permissions rwx for everyone, and the user and group are knoppix. Since I have not changed the settings for the Knoppic CD, I assume I am user knoppix. 1. What do I need to do to be able to write to the drives? 2. Can I mess up the drives if I write to them from Knoppix since they were formatted from Windows? Thanks! Mark Phillips Phillips Marketing, Inc. mark@phillipsmarketing.biz 480 945-0798 480 945-9197 fax No trees were destroyed in the sending of this contaminant free message, however, a significant number of electrons may have been inconvenienced.