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05-Oct-2007, 02:54 PM #1
Knoppix Live 5.1 Question
When I boot up Knoppix Live 5.1 and have an external hdd attached...If I try to copy and paste
from system > external hdd I get an error message "you do not have write permission" huh?
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05-Oct-2007, 03:08 PM #2
Most likely the problem is your are trying to write to a NTFS partition, Linux can read NTFS but it cannot write to NTFS natively or atleast older kernels can not.

Try checking out this site.
www.linux-ntfs.org/doku.php
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05-Oct-2007, 03:31 PM #3
Bobby - thanks for that great link!
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