[Shairel]

Any way to get knoppix 3.9 to be able to write to existing filesystems, say my fat32 USB drive or the NTFS partition on the hard drive to edit ini files for windows , i'm very much a linux noob and use knoppix as mostly a cd recording data backup tool for PCs with bad windows installations ( K3b straight to DVD+R ) but this would really enhance the usage as far as a diagnostic program.

[codejockey]

Typically, you can read from and write to any filesystem visible to Linux. Of course, there are exceptions, and NTFS is one of them. Write access to NTFS filesystems is still experimental under Linux (read: use at your own risk), although read access has been available for some time. In general, you will need to mount the filesystem you wish to access and then read from or write to that filesystem.

Hope this helps.

[Shairel]

there seems to be some sort of permission present in the default knoppix configuration which prevents write access to any drive, though, that is where my showstopper is, and when I attempt to change the permissions I am given the option of using a username and password, which I do not have. If this information is somewhere in a faq or readme I apologize for asking, but I have been unable to find it as of yet.

[codejockey]

Here's some info that may be helpful (check out the Rescuing a non-booting Linux system discussion):
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerwork...y/l-knopx.html
I suspect you must be root in order to do this, or know the root password (quite possibly the login/password prompt you are getting, so try using the root password when prompted for a username/password pair).
Good luck -- and feel free to post again with results.
Hope this helps.

[Shairel]

yes, but the thing is that I don't know what the root password is for this linux live disc, what is the default root password for knoppix 3.9, if any?

edit: on the faq page you linked me to it gave me the answer
The default user is knoppix. For operations that require root privileges, you need to su to root and assign a root password:

knoppix@ttyp0[knoppix]# su
root@ttyp0[knoppix]# passwd

[codejockey]

Nice work!
Here's another link that might be useful:
http://www.knoppix.net/oldwiki/?pid=273
Hope this helps.

[brendandonhu]

In Knoppix, you don't need to make a root password to add Write permissions on a drive.
If you right-click on the icon for a partition on the desktop, there is an option to Change Write Permissions in there somewhere. I believe its under Actions.

[Shairel]

yes and when you change those permissions it asks you for a user/pass

[brendandonhu]

Didn't ask for a password when I did it on Knoppix 3.9