Hi,

Thanks for your reply.
I tried adding the mount commands to /etc/init.d/boot.local but that didn't work.
There is probably something in the boot process that I don't understand, because looking at the output of "dmesg":
"
...
EXT3-fs warning: maximal mount count reached, running e2fsck is recommended
EXT3 FS on sda4, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
"
appears at the end, indicating that my harddrive which is identified as /dev/sda4 is mounted.

Yet afterwards somehow it got unmounted. I'm not sure what the implications of a live CD image are, but it sounds like I cannot edit whatever's mounted by that live CD image?
Tons of people out there must be mounting harddrives after booting up from a live CD, without making persistent images on their harddrives, I think.

Anyway, thanks, will keep going at it.