Yes, mounted, read/write(d) and still refused.
--- JD Austin <
jd@twingeckos.com> 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!!
> >
> >
> >
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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!
Long live Knoppix!!
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