Questions regarding Knoppix

[Mark Phillips]

I am trying to use a Knoppix CD to copy an image of a partition to an 
external storage device. The Knoppix CD boots without any errors and it 
recognizes both the external (firewire) and internal drives. I can mount 
the drives and read them. However, I cannot write to either drive. I just 
get an error that says I cannot write to the drive. Both drives are 
formatted for Widows (the internal drive is for Win2K). The Knoppix CD 
reads the permissions rwx for everyone, and the user and group are knoppix. 
Since I have not changed the settings for the Knoppic CD, I assume I am 
user knoppix.

1. What do I need to do to be able to write to the drives?
2. Can I mess up the drives if I write to them from Knoppix since they were 
formatted from Windows?

Thanks!

Mark Phillips
Phillips Marketing, Inc.
mark@phillipsmarketing.biz
480 945-0798
480 945-9197 fax

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