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

[David Willson]

I think there's been some misunderstanding here.  I have not yet booted
a system with KNOPPIX and not been able to manipulate the files on the
hard drive.  Sometimes I have to do some gyrations to get there, but I
can always get in, except in the case of a hardware failure.

Who is Joe Linux, and what's the actual problem?  (Can I do an
anti-alias rant here?)

On Sat, 2003-06-14 at 06:08, Joe Linux wrote:
> 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:
> > 
> >   
> > > 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:
> > > 
> > >     
> > > > 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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David Willson <DLWillson at TheGeek.NU>