Re: How to save downloaded files using Knoppix?

What's the output of

# mount

--- joe <joe@tlnf.com> wrote:

> .
> 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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