Thanks Tom, did the trick. It now mounts and opens
it!!

Only I sub'd in hda6 the 'non formated'. 

So noob here, I didn't know where to look in the man
pages, oh, well, that is why I am taking 'cis126da'
the unix noobie class.

Again thanks,
total newbie here


--- Tom Jones <tjones@fastq.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Feb 2004, ec wrote:
> 
> > I finally got around to installing Knoppix..after
> > months of running it from cdrom.
> > 
> > I have a 20gig that I split into three parts. A
> 400mb
> > swap and two about ten gigs. Told cfdisk to write
> type
> > 83 to the two tens and I thought I would be able
> to
> > get knoppix to recognize the second hd part, but
> it
> > says it isn't formated.
> >
> 
> Try running a mkfs on the unformatted partition.
> 
> Just by way of example, you could build an ext3
> filesystem on /dev/hda3
> with the command:
> 
> mkfs -t ext3 /dev/hda3
> 
> See the mkfs man page for more fun options.
>  
> > Can I install say fedora core to second so it is
> > readable by knoppix (do a min install) and then
> use
> > one of the partitions as a knoppix 'home' incase
> it
> > crashes for some reason on the hda1 partition? 
> > 
> > Or should I wipe out the hd and use fedora to
> setup
> > the whole hd with an 'extra' say 5 gig '/home'
> part
> > and have knoppix write to that after I install it
> in
> > another part. What I was thinking, was setup hda1
> > primary with fedora ~= 5 gigs, knoppix hda5 root,
> 4.6
> > gigs, hda6 .4gig swap, hda7 ten gigs. 
> > 
> > This is the wife's machine and she  L O V E S 
> > knoppix, but I want the one and only cdrom (soon
> to be
> > a cdrw) free, which when booted cd doesn't allow
> you
> > to remove and use as it IS the os source. Dang
> desktop
> > Ittys bittz machine netvista desktop..only one
> > cdrom/5inch opening. Hey, what you expect for $40!
> > 
> > She only wants this machine for the internet
> > side/research/whatever. She is writing a couple
> novels
> > and that machine was formatted and re installed
> with
> > Mcrap so it is isolated from the world.
> > 
> > OH, btw, this is written from the 'installed' ver
> now.
> > 
> > =====
> > Cyclists should expect and demand safe 
> > accommodation on our public roads, 
> > just as does every other user.  
> > 
> > Nothing more is expected. 
> > 
> > Nothing less is acceptable!
> > 
> 
> TJ
> 
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Cyclists should expect and demand safe 
accommodation on our public roads, 
just as does every other user.  

Nothing more is expected. 

Nothing less is acceptable!

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