[CLUE-Tech] Poor Man's Ghost /system repair

[Joe Linux]

That's nice, but not the least bit useful.  The root systems are already 
broken on the machines I want to "repair."  Mandrake completely breaks 
down and refuses to boot if a secondary removable drive is missing from 
the  hardware configuration.  Libranet 1.9.1 was the most malleable 
Linux I have ever used.  It didn't have that type of problem at all.  If 
it wasn't there, it wasn't there, it didn't hang the system.  I just 
want to go in and edit the "fstab" with some "#,s" to  prevent Mandrake 
from looking for the missing drive.  While Linux on the whole is rather 
cool, there are some things about it that are annoying as hell.  The old 
Macs (system 7.5) were the easiest to service, because you can boot them 
with an externally connected HD with the OS installed on it.  It makes 
if very easy to fix things or replace the entire "system" file if needed.

Match Grun wrote:

>The root account on Knoppix is deliberately crippled. This is a security
>feature to prevent people hacking into root accounts on other installed
>OS's on the computer that you are booting.
>
>Read the documentation on the Knoppix CD and website for more info.
>
>Match
>
>On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 08:16:03 -0600
>Joe Linux <joelinux at earthlink.net> wrote:
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>>Do you know who to use the Knoppix CD to manage your existing "root" 
>>file system.  I would like to do this with a graphical file manager,
>>but I can't seem to get it to work.  I have tried <ALT>+<F2> and
>>typing in a root pass word, and then  switching back and launching
>>kdesu konqueror, but I still can't write to my existing systems "root"
>>files.
>>
>>David Willson wrote:
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>>>parted is no longer part of the KNOPPIX CD.  I found that very
>>>annoying, until I found the replacement, qtparted.  Two words: nice.
>>>
>>> 
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