mike enriquez wrote:
> I loaded Knoppix onto my xp pro computer and tried to delete some files
> in my windows document file. The error message I received was that I was
> not authorized to delete. 
> I heard Linux users mention that Knoppix was very good for doing work on
> window files. 
> I am new to this = "noobii", so I wonder if anyone out there in Linux
> land can tell me how to do this if is possible. 
> Cleaning up windows computers with Knoppix sounds like a very good idea.
> If this is possible then this will be an excellent tool.
> Thanks for any ideas.
> Mike
> 
> 
Assuming that your XP uses the NTFS filesystem, I wouldn't have thought 
this would be possible. I was pleasantly surprised to learn from the 
"Knoppix Hacks" book (highly recommended) from O'Reilly that it's indeed 
possible. Hack #73 describes using Captive NTFS to do the job. An 
appropriate warning is included though: "Captive NTFS is still somewhat 
experimental, and while it has worked for many people, there is a chance 
for data loss, so be sure to back up any important files on the 
filesystems you mount this way."

Also, "Do not mount the partition by clicking on it on the desktop, 
because the standard Linux kernel NTFS module is used - not Captive 
NTFS. Open a terminal and mount the drive manually using this command:
$ sudo mount -t captive-ntfs -o uid-knoppix,gid=knoppix \
/dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1
"

BL, I don't think I'd try this without the book.

-- 
-Eric 'shubes'
"There is no such thing as the People;
  it is a collectivist myth.
  There are only individual citizens
  with individual wills
  and individual purposes."
-William E. Simon (1927-2000),
     Secretary of the Treasury (1974-1977)
  "A Time For Truth" (1978), pg. 237

 
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