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

[Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier]

On Sun, 2003-06-15 at 11:08, Joe Linux wrote:
> 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?

The context menu is the menu that pops up when you right-click.
"Context" because it's often different depending on where it's used and
so on... for example, you'll get a different menu in Mozilla if you
right-click on an image than if you right-click on a part of the page
without an image...

Zonker

> Jed S. Baer wrote:
> > On Sat, 14 Jun 2003 17:46:36 -0600
> > Joe Linux <joelinux at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > 
> >   
> > > 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?
> > >     
> > 
> > Well, I did write (as you can see near the bottom):
> > 
> >   "use the context menu to remount the filesystem read-write"
> > 
> > also, RTFM.
> > 
> >   
> > > Jed S. Baer wrote:
> > > 
> > >     
> > > > On 14 Jun 2003 10:20:28 -0600
> > > > David Willson <DLWillson at TheGeek.NU> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > >  
> > > > 
> > > >       
> > > > > 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?)
> > > > >    
> > > > > 
> > > > >         
> > > > 
> > > > Yeah, whadda people think this is here? Usenet!? ;-)
> > > > 
> > > > He did the June 2002 KISS session on IceWM. See
> > > > http://clue.denver.co.us/presentations.html
> > > > 
> > > > But I think this was the original question:
> > > > 
> > > >  
> > > > 
> > > >       
> > > > > > 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.
> > > >       
> > > > > >      
> > > > > >           
> > > > 
> > > > 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.
> > > > 
> > > > jed
> > > >  
> > > > 
> > > >       
> > > 
> > >     
> > 
> > 
> >   
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