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

[Joe Linux]

I'm sorry, but I don't know where the context menu is, or for that 
matter what exactly is.  Do you mean the "man" pages?

Jed S. Baer wrote:

>On Sat, 14 Jun 2003 17:46:36 -0600
>Joe Linux <joelinux at earthlink.net> wrote:
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>>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?
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>Well, I did write (as you can see near the bottom):
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>  "use the context menu to remount the filesystem read-write"
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>also, RTFM.
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>>Jed S. Baer wrote:
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>>>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
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>>>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.
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>>>>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
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>>>"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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