[Discuss] Knoppix

[stanfish]

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