You can't safely edit any file on a NTFS partition with Knoppix. Knoppix will mount NTFS read only.
I'm VERY new to *nix, but I've always been a command line junkie. I'm currently trying to help a friend with a Windows 2000 problem. The machine (NTFS) had two lines in boot.ini that referred to two different installs of Windoze - one that worked, one that didn't - guess which one got deleted.......
I've tried to use the Windoze recovery, but keep getting access denied.....so, I had heard that Knoppix can play with Windoze and tried to use kwrite to edit the boot.ini file on the root of hda1 ["C:\"?]....but Kwrite appears to try to load the file, then just quits - no error, no nothing. Using OpenOffice didn't work for me either......I couldn't find hda1........Any suggestions on how to edit the boot.ini on what Windoze calls "C:\" and/or how to copy a good version of the boot.ini from "C:\TMP" to "C:\"...................
TIA
You can't safely edit any file on a NTFS partition with Knoppix. Knoppix will mount NTFS read only.
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Verifying of md5 checksum and burning a CD at slow speed are important.
Thanks, Harry, but I already knew that - I'm willing to risk it at this point because I've got nothing to lose......do you have any real infomation that could help me? Is there a *nix application that will convert NTFS to FAT32 safely?Originally Posted by Harry Kuhman
Why does kwrite not load the file i want to edit (or OO)?
What problems will I have trying to save my edited file once someone clues me in to HOW to load it?
Do I have to use WINE to use PartionMagic under linux(Knoppix/Debian)?
Yes, I also realize that tempting fate by writing to NTFS may not have immediate consequences....
...............darn - looks like I need to figure out how to turn on HTML for these forums..........
What you need to do is boot into Recovery Console on the CD (i know you said 2K...but should perhaps work) - and run the command;
Bootcfg /rebuild
you can find out much more about it by searching google using above command as keyword/s -- and/or seek out Bart's PE Builder.
In order to be able to "write" to a partition (FAT32/16) you'd need to first drop to root , and make a tmp dir 'mkdir' and 'mnt' that...
See Dave Bechtel's helpful explanation to me in this thread (specifically Dave's 2nd post);
http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19813
As for NTFS, i yield to the other regular forum member's advice...like Harry, et al
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