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

[Joe Linux]

Thanks, I didn't realize that feature had that name.

Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier wrote:

>On Sun, 2003-06-15 at 11:08, Joe Linux wrote:
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>>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?
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>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...
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>Zonker
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>>Jed S. Baer wrote:
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>>>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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