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Any live CD supports create a folder/file in harddisk

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JIJO Original post #1
Jun 4, 2005 at 1:19 AM
while using live cd Can i create a file in harddisk?
B
Jun 4, 2005 at 1:31 AM
btw can i ask a question as to where u got this avatar
D
Jun 5, 2005 at 12:28 AM
Yes u sure can if u r having file system FAT32,
ntfs write support is still not there
U
ujjwal #4
Jun 5, 2005 at 8:36 AM
Yes if the partitions on your hard disk are FAT32 or a common linux partition, you can write files to them.

You will have to create a mount point for the partitions, like

Code:
mkdir /files

And then mount your partitions on that directory

Code:
mount /dev/hdxy /files

Note that in hdxy, x signifies the hard disk which the partition is on, a for the first, b for second etc. y signifies the partition number. If you installed windows first on the first hard drive, hda1 should be C: drive, hda5 D: drive, hda6 E: drive etc.

Then you can copy files to the /files directory. either in console or through a graphical file manager.

All this must be done as root.
D
Jun 5, 2005 at 9:52 PM
I think mount point is already created while booting,
this was there when last time i used knowpix, isn`t this now?
U
ujjwal #6
Jun 5, 2005 at 9:59 PM
Ah ... I didn't check for that when I last tried knoppix (or any other live cd) ...

Maybe so :)

In that case, the mount command should say "abc already mounted on xyz" or something. In that case browse to xyz and begin writing files.