Access Local HD with Knoppix on USB

[JohnPtrs]

I have created a Knoppix bootable OS on a USB thumb drive as described in this article-

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2007/01/01/usb-knoppix-510

However I cannot seem to access the local hard drive, although in this article it shows that it should be relatively easy...

http://helpdesk.its.uiowa.edu/backup/knoppix.htm

The version I have is 5.1 and the one in the article that is working shows version 4 I believe... Anyone have any experience with this... the HD I'm trying to access is a 160GB SATA... If anybody has any ideas I'd appreciate it... thanks!

JP

 

[pansophic]

Do you get any HD icons on your desktop when you run the thumb drive KNOPPIX? What about if you run the CD/DVD ISO version of KNOPPIX?

Generally, your SATA drive would be /dev/sda, however since you are booting from your thumb drive, it may be /dev/sda and you may need /dev/sdb instead. If you don't have a drive icon, try opening a konsole and typing "mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1" to mount your SATA drive. You need to make sure that the directory /mnt/sda1 exists first though.


pansophic

 

[JohnPtrs]

Thanks for the reply... I was able yesterday to use this-> ntfsmount /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows -o force

It got my drive mounted... I'll also try what you mentioned...

Thanks!

 

[pansophic]

You did the same thing, just using ntfsmount instead of mount. I'm curious whether you actually needed the -o force or just did it because you knew that it would work.


pansophic