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

[Joe Linux]

That's probably what I didn't do. What is the root command to remount 
the files systems RW? Or is there a GUI way to do it?

Jed S. Baer wrote:

>On 14 Jun 2003 10:20:28 -0600
>David Willson <DLWillson at TheGeek.NU> wrote:
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>>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?)
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>Yeah, whadda people think this is here? Usenet!? ;-)
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>He did the June 2002 KISS session on IceWM. See
>http://clue.denver.co.us/presentations.html
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>But I think this was the original question:
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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.
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>It sounds like he's running into the standard Knoppix practice of mounting
>existing filesystems readonly, for safety. The solution then, would be to
>use the context menu to remount the filesystem read-write. I don't know if
>this is what Match was talking about when he mentioned the "crippled" root
>account.
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>jed
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