[Gllug] Knoppix3.3

[Wayne Clancy]

I've never used Knoppix before but can't you just remove 
S??knoppix-autoconfig from run level, re-edit the fstab and reboot. From 
the sounds of things it should already have configured your system.

W

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Wayne Clancy
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john gennard wrote:

> I've installed Knoppix3.3 on a hard disk using  'knoppix-installer' 
> following
> responses to my earlier post.
>
> There were no problems apparent, so I started to make changes  to fit in
> with my preferences - for example, getting rid of programs I don't 
> like or
> need and bringing in some I prefer.
> On the two hard drives on this box, I have 22 partitions and only two 
> will
> I need access to and these I prefer to mount manually. The Kde desktop
> was covered with icons and /etc/fstab looked like a draft of War and 
> Peace,
> so I re-wrote /etc/fstab and removed all icons relating to hard 
> drives, not
> realising that when re-booting 'etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig' scans for
> hard disk partitions and writes a new /etc/fstab.
>
> Now, I've developed to the point where I can understand roughly what
> scripts are asking to be done, but how to make changes or re-write them
> is way beyond me.
>
> Would someone please advise how I can get this installation to use the
> /etc/fstab I create - I don't mind the scanning of hard disk 
> partitions, but
> I don't want a new /etc/fstab to be written.
>
> Anyone help please.                                 John.
>

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Wayne Clancy
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Iris Financial Engineering
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