[Discuss] Knoppix

[Murray Strome]

stanfish wrote:
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> Murray Strome wrote:
>> stanfish wrote:
>>> This query refers to a previous thread regarding using Knoppix to 
>>> copy and/or backup NTFS partitions and files.
>>> When I load the Knoppix 5.1.1.iso disc into my laptop,(XP), Knoppix 
>>> loads just fine and I can access my windows partition without 
>>> difficulty.
>>> However when I attempted to load it into my desktop machine, which 
>>> is running Vista home premium, four penguins come up on the upper 
>>> left of the screen, and after a long wait (about a minute) Knoppix 
>>> text (multicoloured) comes up and informs me that it cannot find the 
>>> knoppix files and suggests closing.
>>> I can't find anything relevant in any of the discussion groups about 
>>> this. Has anyone else run across this problem or know how to work 
>>> around it?
>>> What seems odd is that I have Kubuntu and Ubuntu iso discs, and they 
>>> boot up on the Vista machine very smoothly. Unfortunately they do 
>>> not seem to have the utilities to read/copy NTFS partitions.
>>> Any help or pointers to where I might find the solution would be 
>>> appreciated.
>>> Thanks
>>> Stan Fisher
>> First, make sure you are using the Knoppix DVD (not the CD -- that 
>> didn't work very well for me).
>>
>>   However, I CAN load the Kubuntu 7.10 DVD on both computers, and I 
>> have no problem mounting the standard Windows NTFS partitions on both 
>> machines. However, I have not figured out how to access the Windows 
>> RAID drives on the XP machine from Kubuntu, or even if it is possible.
>>
>> Hope this is helpful to you.
>>
>> Murray
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> I suspect that this loading issue is related to laptops having a 
> different bios setting or something like that which recognizes the 
> disc in a different way than the desktop. I found that I could load 
> the Knoppix DVD on both XP and a borrowed Vista laptop but not on my 
> Vista desktop.
> Neither Knoppix.iso DVD or CD  discs would boot on the Vista desktop.
> From your response I presume that you can read/write to NTFS from 
> Kubuntu 7.10. I was not able to mount the NTFS partitions from 
> Kubuntu, ('permission denied' .. or 'could not identify file system' 
> ..something like that). Am I missing something there? Does Kubuntu 
> have the utilities to read NTFS? I had presumed that the European 
> based Linux flavours were a little less feared of Microsoft, and 
> therefore were willing to incorporate NTFS utilities. If you have 
> Kubuntu read/writing NTFS, can you give me a pointer as to how it can 
> be set up (Kubuntu is recognized on my desktop and loads without 
> problem, and since I don't have a RAID array, Kubuntu would be fine 
> for my purposes).
> Thanks,
> Stan Fisher
>
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 From either Kubuntu or Knoppix, you must first make a directory.  I used:

sudo mkdir /C

Then, you have to mount it using sudo:

sudo mount /dev/<disk containing your C Windows Partition>

In my case, on the laptop this was /dev/sdb2

I could then read/write any files on that partition using either Knoppix 
or Kubuntu.

Murray