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    HDD read only, cannot access

    maxtor 20gig HDD

    I read XP can overwrite Knoppix files (being the superior OS that it is) so Installed windows Xp pro to a 11Gig partitiion first...

    now when I try to install knoppix, i select my HDD in the partition program and it tells me that its read only and cannot access it.
    Is there a reason for this? Whats wrong?

    thats aas far as I can get so far...

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    Check what you are dealing with. HDD is the slave drive of the second IDE, if present. Usually it is a CD or DVD, if present. Do you have a hard drive mounted as a slave on the second IDE?

    Your partitions are hda1 hda2 hda3 etc. on your first (typically boot) hard drive. If you have a second hard drive it is usually hdb. the partitions on it are hdb1, etc. hdc is typically a cd or dvd possibly with write capabilities.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rcook
    Check what you are dealing with. HDD is the slave drive of the second IDE, if present. Usually it is a CD or DVD, if present. Do you have a hard drive mounted as a slave on the second IDE?

    Your partitions are hda1 hda2 hda3 etc. on your first (typically boot) hard drive. If you have a second hard drive it is usually hdb. the partitions on it are hdb1, etc. hdc is typically a cd or dvd possibly with write capabilities.
    The only partition is the one created by Windows Xp, it was an ntfs with 11 gigs used..
    I was trying to create the swap/main linux partitions and ran into this...

    Heres an exact error message, shoulda wrote this down thefirst time....

    "
    Opened disk read-only-you have no permission to write"

    If I press any key I get this....

    "Fatal-error: cannot get disk size

    Press any key to exit cfdisk"


    I tryed to use the code, ignore_check=1 sudo knoppix-installer, but got no changes....

    [edit]

    Also, I only have one HDD and one cd drive, both are on seperate IDE cable and both are master.

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    ok, i had to create the partitions in knoppix, didnt know that...

    used qtparted

    created primary linux partition, ext3 with 8.9 Gigs
    linuxswap 590.62 MB

    With 7.38 MB hidded that I cant use (for some reason there has always been about 7 Megs free/unusable)

    Ok I got to configure me installation, choosing usernames, administrator names/passwords etc, etc....

    I finally try to install, it strats to format and I get this long strange error message.

    "
    error:formatting of failed.
    some messages from mkfs.ext3: mkfs3.ext3 [ -c: -t -l filename] [-b block-size] [ -f fragment-size] [ -i bytes-per-inode] [-j] [ -j journal-options] [-N number-of-inodes]

    "



    i hope everyone isnt as confused by that as I am...

    appreciate the help, everyone....

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    ill be damn.

    I ran "knoppix-installer" from the terminal instead of pressing ctrl-alt-f1 and it worked perfectly...Running Knoppix off my HDD right now, actually

    Kinda weird but, it works so....

    Thanks for all the help people, I REALLY DO appreciate it.

    Im sure Ill be around alot, at some point I might even be able to give others help!


    ehhh....still havnt tried to boot windows yet hope it works...Lilo boot manager showed up when I booted but didnt stay up long enough to let me check it out..

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