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Topic: HowTo open the compressed KNOPPIX file?

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henk.1955

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Posted: Feb. 22 2005,15:54

1. ln -s /cdrom/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX ~/KNOPPIX.ci
2. mydsl-load ~/KNOPPIX.ci
3. cp -Rp /opt/KNOPPIX /newcd/source
4. mydsl-load ~/KNOPPIX.ci

1. create a link to the compressed image
2. use mydsl-load to mount the image to /opt
3. copy the content
4 use mydsl-load to unount the image

Luca
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Posted: Feb. 25 2005,14:33

how i can open the compressed file from windows?

muellerr1

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Posted: May 12 2005,15:20

I don't think there is a way to open it from windows. I've seen an app that will let you access an ext2 filesystem on a partition, but not a compressed iso9660 file.

This will let you mount the KNOPPIX file from DSL:

Code Sample

mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/cloop2 KNOPPIX /mnt/test

But, you can only mount this file as read-only. Anyone know a way to mount it read-write? Or is the only way to modify it to copy all the files off, modify them, then create a new KNOPPIX file?

The reason I'm asking is, I think it would be cool to have a dynamically-modifyable system so I can add libraries to DSL and not have to worry about mydsl-load for everything.

mikshaw

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Posted: May 12 2005,15:28

The iso9660 filesystem is read-only by design. I don't think there's any way to make it read-write with standard software, although there may be hacks or special tools available somewhere.

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muellerr1

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Posted: May 12 2005,19:12

Thanks for the info mik. After doing some searching, I realize now that this is a GOOD thing. I want make alsa (among other things) permanent, but having a read-only filesystem is much more secure. I think the way to do what I need is to just remaster, in which case chroot is my friend.

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