How to save downloaded files using Knoppix?

[Jim]

joe 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?  
>  
>  
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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.