[TriLUG] Read-Only file systems under KNOPPIX

[Jeff Groves]

Thanks to everyone that responded!

Jeff G.

Rock Roskam wrote:

>The newest version of knoppix 3.7 includes a program to mount the files. Captive NTFS
>http://www.enterpriseitplanet.com/networking/features/article.php/3465141 
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>Rock 
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Groves
>Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 2:49 PM
>To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
>Subject: [TriLUG] Read-Only file systems under KNOPPIX
>
>I'm trying to delete malware files from a Windows XP machine by booting from a Knoppix CD, then mounting the NTFS file system as RW, and then tooling down to the directory where the file lives to delete it.
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>Problem is that no matter what I put in /etc/fstab, the file system is still mounted read-only and I am not allowed to remove the file.
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>This is probably an easy fix, but neither my intuition or my STFW abilities has come up with an answer.
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>Help please!
>
>Thanks,
>
>Jeff G.
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