>> 1. First, umount the FAT32 partition.
>>2. ' chmod ' the mount point to whatever you want
>>3. Edit ' /etc/fstab ' and make sure you have 'users,rw' in the Options field for that partition/mount point
>>4. then, ' mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 ' (subst actual values.)

--Ok, try this:
After umounting, ' chown knoppix /mnt/hda1 ' and ' chmod a+rx /mnt/hda1 '; follow steps 3 and 4 again. That should at least enable READ access for the knoppix user.

--Post results again....

Quote Originally Posted by Knewbie
Thanks, Dave! I think I followed your instructions to the letter. Unfortunately....

1. First, umount the FAT32 partition.
The difficulty appears to be in the very first step. With persistent home active, the device is busy. A lazy umount seemed to work, and I was able to complete the other steps. 'chmod' and 'mount' both reported success. But after it was all done, the permissions for hda1 had not changed and user Knoppix still could not access the HD.

I suspect (in my vast ignorance) a solution is going to depend on modifying the persistent home script (knoppix.sh) or creating a preknoppix.sh script. Figuring out where to go next is way beyond me!