Error messages with HD-install

[babelbrennt]

I've partitioned my drive like this:- hda1=NTFS (40GB) , hda5=Knoppix (25GB) , hda6=ext2 (7GB)partition, hda7=FAT32 (5GB) ,hda8=SWAP (3GB).

get the following error messages when installing Knoppix to hard drive:

1 No implementation in this ext2 has a a rather strange layout. Parted cannot resize this (yet)

2./dev/mapper/controlpen failed:no such device
Is device mapper driver missing from kernel /dev/mapper/control
Incompatible libdevmapper 1.00 19 -iactl (2004-07-03) compat and Kernel driver
Warning:unable to determine video adapter.

I messed up my hard drive file tables before I finally mangaed to get this install to work (Ithink). Is there another problem that needs fixing as I want to do a remaster. What do the two error messages mean and would they affect a remaster.

[tdjokic]

I suppose you have MS Windows on NTFS partition. Than make one big partition, root, for Knoppix, say 25GB, swap, about 400MB (your is far too big, this is not good) and one FAT32, 5GB is OK. This is all. Left the rest of the disk free. First, you need some experience. Remaster will come later. I strongly sugest to you to look this video: http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=videos/knoppix1 it's very helpfull.

[UnderScore]

get the following error messages when installing Knoppix to hard drive:

I have seen them before & they should not impact a HD install. That said, see these links as to why a HD install is not recommended: http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtop...?p=86678#86678 http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Hd_Install_HowTo

See these posts from just today about people having problems with a HD install http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19684 http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19688

Is there another problem that needs fixing as I want to do a remaster. What do the two error messages mean and would they affect a remaster.

You want to do a remaster? You do not need a HD installed Knoppix. You do not need any HD installed Linux on a system to do a remaster. You need minimum 3GB on Linux filesystem & 1.5GB combined RAM plus swap space.

[babelbrennt]

I have the video link, but being the impatient person (i.e. stupid) I am I didn't watch it and landed myself in a mess. As is probably obvious, I don't know what I am doing and am learning the hard way.

The hard drive install is only temporary as I read somewhere that it is easier to do it from the hard drive and I have the from HD remaster FAQ in front of me (also I can go on the web when I am stuck - which is all the time).

The size of the partitions is quite big because I thought that it would not matter if they were a bit bigger than needed as long as they weren't too small ( and also because my ext2 file systems on my attempt on my very small old laptop were read only and someone said that it might be because my drive was small) . I used the code (in root - su) chmod -w /mnt/hda1 to try to make them writeable but I guess I got that wrong. My FAT file and ext3 partitions on this computer are also read only

I do trawl through all the relevant forums regularly but to be honest I don't often get it.
If you are reading this save me from a hideous body under an express train situation and tell me the code for

1 making my FAT file and ext3 partition writeable
2. adding a boot folder/directory to either my ntfs partition or my FAT32. I have tried mkdir /mnt/hda1 (and hda7)/boot.

[babelbrennt]

I've also changed fstab from the following:

dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 vfat nauto,user,exec,umask=000,uid=knoppix,gid=knoppix oo
dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 ntfs nauto,user,exec,ro,umask=000,uid=knoppix,gid=knopp ix oo
dev/hda6 /mnt/hda6 ext nauto,user,exec,umask=000,uid=knoppix,gid=knoppix oo
dev/hda7 /mnt/hda7 vfat nauto,user,exec,umask=000,uid=knoppix,gid=knoppix oo

to the following:

dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 vfat auto,user,exec,umask=000,uid=000,gid=000 oo
dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 ntfs auto,user,exec,ro,umask=000,uid=000,gid=000 oo
dev/hda6 /mnt/hda6 ext auto,user,exec,umask=000,uid=000,gid=000 oo
dev/hda7 /mnt/hda7 vfat auto,user,exec,umask=000,uid=,gid=000 oo

I'm guessing that somewhere along the line something is wrong cos i still get the message read only