I'm totally new to Linux so I apologize if my questiona are somewhat ignorant.

Firstly, I have no floppy on my Desknote computer, so I'm getting "Can't locate module block-major-2" error that terminates autoconfiguration on bootup. Google search indicates that solution is "alias block-major-2 off" entry in the modules.conf file.

Secondly, I note that the Knoppix probe configuration file (/etc/modutils/linux-wlan-ng) is set up to probe for a prism2_pci. The WUSB12 is obviously usb, and it would seem that the appropriate line item in the linux-wlan-ng file would be the prism2_usb line item - which is currently commented out. (The instructions in the file say to select the appropriate line item.)

My problem comes when I try to change either of these files, they will not let me write to them, even in root. So how can I accomplish these adjustments without being able to edit the necessary configuration files?