Re: How to save downloaded files using Knoppix?

joe 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
>
What is the full mount command you used? Try:
# umount /mnt/hda3
# mount -t ext3 /dev/hda3 /mnt/hda3

If that doesn't work, try adding the "-o rw" option:
# umount /mnt/hda3
# mount -t ext3 -o rw /dev/hda3 /mnt/hda3

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-Eric 'shubes'
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