XST1 Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 Knoppix 3.4ct is the only Linux distrib that works on my computer currently. I need to get it to work so heres my dilemma: I want to install Knoppix 3.4ct to my hard drive so I followed the instructions at http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8171 for installing it. When I get to step 5 which tells me to do the following: At lilo's boot menu select LinuxOLD (if you boot into linux you get kernel panic errors). Don't be surprised like I was when LinuxOLD boots up and your mouse/network card, etc might not be functioning. We're just botting into linuxOLD to do some text based maintence work. When KDE starts loading go ahead and kill it and drop to console: Cntrl-Alt-F1 (log on) su Password: cd /boot mkinitrd -o linux-2.6.1.gz My problem is that I can't boot into LinuxOLD because my SATA drivers are not initalized at bootup. Therefore, I can't follow the instuctions properly to get to the shell. My question is, is there any way I could get to hda4 which holds my linux data and do mkinitrd and all the rest of the instructions in order to fully install Knoppix 3.4ct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted March 16, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 16, 2004 I'm not sure (as I have never done anything like this before) but you might be able to boot your Knoppix CD instaed of booting "Linux OLD" from the hard drive... From there, make your drives writeable, and do your work (I think). Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XST1 Posted March 16, 2004 Author Share Posted March 16, 2004 I'm not sure (as I have never done anything like this before) but you might be able to boot your Knoppix CD instaed of booting "Linux OLD" from the hard drive... From there, make your drives writeable, and do your work (I think).Mark I'm in the CD environment and I get: knoppix@ttyp0[boot]$ mkinitrd -o linux-2.6.1.gz /usr/sbin/mkinitrd: line 954: linux-2.6.1.gz: Read-only file system how do I make hda4 writeable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted March 16, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 16, 2004 I'm in the CD environment and I get:knoppix@ttyp0[boot]$ mkinitrd -o linux-2.6.1.gz /usr/sbin/mkinitrd: line 954: linux-2.6.1.gz: Read-only file system how do I make hda4 writeable? It is currently mounted 'read-only'. You need to remount it with 'read/write' permissions. I am pretty sure that this can be done through the GUI (if the drives are shown on the desktop), or you can do it via command line as part of the mount command, by specifying "remount" in your -o options. For example, the command mount -o rw,remount /dev/hda2 might do what you need. If not, read up in the man page for mount, and see if it can be of more assistance than I can be.... Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divinatum Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 you may wanna ask on the knoppix irc room, theres alot of helpful people there. irc.freenode.net #knoppix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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