Re: [debian-knoppix] Some KNOPPIX glitches
Hi Zakaria,
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 18:04:38 +0700, Zakaria wrote:
> 1. It can't run lilo from chroot
> # mount /mnt/hda3
> # chroot /mnt/hda3
> # lilo
> Fatal: open /dev/hda: Permission denied
This is not a bug. If you say
mount /mnt/hda3
the partition gets mounted using the options from /etc/fstab, including
"nodev" which disables the usage of device nodes on the partition
(security feature).
If you want to run a chrooted lilo on that partition, you must mount it
using the complete mount command line
mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/hda3
This overrides the options in the fstab entry.
> 2. Why there is only 4 virtual terminal instead of 6 like other distro?
Because normally you don't need more? Of course you can edit
/etc/inittab and run "init q" to get more virtual terminals after booting
Knoppix.
> 3. Why we couldn't access KNOPPIX menu from icewm, fluxbox, Window Maker
> and xfwm? (everything but KDE :)
I don't have KNOPPIX_V3.3-2003-11-19-EN, so I cannot check this.
Versions 3.2 2003-06-06 and 3.3 2003-09-24 include the KNOPPIX menu in
other window managers, not just KDE.
> 4. Given a running KNOPPIX how we determine the version?
> Something like /etc/redhat-release or /etc/debian_version
> hopefully something like 3.3-2003-11-19
mkdir -p /mnt/loop
mount -o loop,ro /cdrom/KNOPPIX/boot.img /mnt/loop
cat /mnt/loop/boot.msg
umount /mnt/loop
bye,
Chris
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