Re: How to save downloaded files using Knoppix?

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joe first wrote:
> > How can I download and save files to my hard disk
> > when my system is booted up using a Knoppix Live CD?
> >
> > I tried mounting the system's hard disk with this:
> > # mount -o rw /mnt/hda3 ... but then when I tried
> > to save to /mnt/hda3, I got a message saying that
> > I didn't have write permissions.
> >
> > What do I need to do to get this to work?

Others wrote:
> Is the hard drive you're trying to write to formatted NTFS or FAT32?
> If it's formatted NTFS you won't be able to write to it. I have
> heard of people that were able to get write access to an NTFS
> partition under Linux. I've also read that these attempts aren't
> always stable and can result in a loss of data on the NTFS partition.
>
> Try this. Get one of those portable USB thumb drives. Knoppix will
> detect them and let you write to them. If you have one and the data
> you want to save is too big for it, create a FAT32 partition on your
> hard drive. If you don't want to do this, get one of those external
> hard drives that plugs into a USB port. Just make sure it has a
> FAT32 partition on it.

All the partitions on the hard drive are ext3

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