Yes, mounted, read/write(d) and still refused. --- JD Austin wrote: > Did you right click on partition, choose action and > make it read/write? > > JD > > ec wrote: > > >Wife wanted me to wipe out the hd. We copied > (twice) > >to cdrom 'her files'. > > > >I used three different partition managers and > cannot > >get even Knoppix to write to them. > > > >Knoppix will 'save config', make swap file, but > will > >not write from OO.o or kwrite. > > > >This is a Gateway kludge in that apparently there > is a > >secondary disk controller similiar to this machine. > It > >is built in whereas this one is an addon card for a > >modern hd (not one of the old pio3/4 types). the > >reason I believe it has a secondary controller is > >several fold. > >1. First drive (primary) is hde1 not hda1 and all > >'logicals' are hdeX also. > >2. That is the way this ole 350 denotes drives also > >with its secondary controller. (like that promise > >ultra 66 card that was given away at eastside > >thursday.) > > > >Well, 'the power to be', er, the wife, doesn't want > an > >installed system, but rather a 'poorman's install' > of > >knoppix. > > > >Knoppix boots from cd, but wont copy to hd. > > > >Strange that BEFORE I resized and reformatted the > hd, > >she had no problems booting to Knoppix3.6 > 'poorman's > >install' version. It had a crippled w98 on hde1 and > a > >one disk Suse 9 on one partition. > > > >I cannot get it to reinstall even that 'poor man's' > >mirrored iso image! It just skips the 'knoppix > >cheatcode' to do so! > > > >Strange! > > > >May have to drag it down to ASU Saturday, but would > >love to fix it here. > > > >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! > > > >Long live Knoppix!! > > > > > > > >__________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! > >http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ > >--------------------------------------------------- > >PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > >To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail > settings: > >http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > -- > JD Austin > Twin Geckos Technology Services LLC > email: jd@twingeckos.com > http://www.twingeckos.com > phone/fax: 480.344.2640 > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail > settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > 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! Long live Knoppix!! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss