Almost sounds liek you have no write permissions to the drive. Check the perms, also what format are the partitions filesystems, have file systems been created? ec wrote: >Continued from previous message re. > >I just used kwrite on this other machine and saved a >test message, shut down, reopened kwrite and went to >it and opened it. But the other machine..the >reformatted on, gives errors when attempting to do >that.. > >So I think something in the 'setup' of the hd' on >reformatting it, is messed up, but what?? > >I have tried 3 different programs to reformat and save >the new partitions and it still wont write to that hd. > >1. The gui based one in Mdk9.2, but shutdown when it >gets to the install point. Done that before to >'splitup' existing hd's with no problems. > >2. Qtparted...reformatted and saved...I think > >3. Fdisk, which I have used before. > >??? >--- Mark Jarvis >wrote: > > >>Have you tried Mepis? >> >>-mj- >> >>ec wrote: >> >> >> >>>Wife wanted me to wipe out the hd. We copied >>> >>> >>(twice) >> >> >>>to cdrom 'her files'. >>> >>>I used three different partition managers and >>> >>> >>cannot >> >> >>>get even Knoppix to write to them. >>> >>>Knoppix will 'save config', make swap file, but >>> >>> >>will >> >> >>>not write from OO.o or kwrite. >>> >>>This is a Gateway kludge in that apparently there >>> >>> >>is a >> >> >>>secondary disk controller similiar to this >>> >>> >>machine. It >> >> >>>is built in whereas this one is an addon card for >>> >>> >>a >> >> >>>modern hd (not one of the old pio3/4 types). the >>>reason I believe it has a secondary controller is >>>several fold. >>>1. First drive (primary) is hde1 not hda1 and all >>>'logicals' are hdeX also. >>>2. That is the way this ole 350 denotes drives >>> >>> >>also >> >> >>>with its secondary controller. (like that promise >>>ultra 66 card that was given away at eastside >>>thursday.) >>> >>>Well, 'the power to be', er, the wife, doesn't >>> >>> >>want an >> >> >>>installed system, but rather a 'poorman's install' >>> >>> >>of >> >> >>>knoppix. >>> >>>Knoppix boots from cd, but wont copy to hd. >>> >>>Strange that BEFORE I resized and reformatted the >>> >>> >>hd, >> >> >>>she had no problems booting to Knoppix3.6 >>> >>> >>'poorman's >> >> >>>install' version. It had a crippled w98 on hde1 >>> >>> >>and a >> >> >>>one disk Suse 9 on one partition. >>> >>>I cannot get it to reinstall even that 'poor >>> >>> >>man's' >> >> >>>mirrored iso image! It just skips the 'knoppix >>>cheatcode' to do so! >>> >>>Strange! >>> >>>May have to drag it down to ASU Saturday, but >>> >>> >>would >> >> >>>love to fix it here. >>> >>>Cyclists should expect and demand safe >>>accommodation on our public roads, >>>just as does every other user. >>> >>>Nothing more is expected. >>> >>>Nothing less is acceptable! >>> >>>Long live Knoppix!! >>> >>> >>> >>>__________________________________ >>>Do you Yahoo!? >>>Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources >>> >>> >>site! >> >> >>>http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ >>> >>> >>> >>--------------------------------------------------- >> >> >>>PLUG-discuss mailing list - >>> >>> >>PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> >> >>>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail >>> >>> >>settings: >> >> >http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > >>--------------------------------------------------- >>PLUG-discuss mailing list - >>PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail >>settings: >> >> >> >http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > >Cyclists should expect and demand safe >accommodation on our public roads, >just as does every other user. > >Nothing more is expected. > >Nothing less is acceptable! > >Long live Knoppix!! > > > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. >http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail >--------------------------------------------------- >PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > -- --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss