Using Knoppix Live to fix Debian install

dgrego · 06-23-2006, 09:49 PM

This is a follow-up question to a suggestion to use the Knoppix live cd to fix a debian installation that hangs while booting at "starting MTA"

I burned a copy knoppix and booted from the cd. I then maneuvered to /media/hda5/etc/network and edited the interfaces config file like suggested. I went to save the file and received the message that the file was not writable. So, I went back and right clicked on hda5 and there was an option to make it writable, but I still could not save any changes I made to the interfaces file of the debian installation.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks, DG

Dutch Master · 06-23-2006, 10:01 PM

Try

Code:

chmod 777 /media/hda5/etc/network

as root. Or 'udev 000' (without the quotes) for the same directory.

JackieBrown · 06-24-2006, 12:07 AM

if you don't need gui, the Debian installer cd has a "repair mode"

DeanLinkous · 06-24-2006, 09:56 AM

when it starts to hang hit ctrl-c a few times and see if it bumps it along...
reconfigure exim or even remove exim (or whichever MTA is installed)

binary_y2k2 · 06-24-2006, 10:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dgrego

... I then maneuvered to /media/hda5/etc/network and edited the interfaces config file like suggested. I went to save the file and received the message that the file was not writable. So, I went back and right clicked on hda5 and there was an option to make it writable, but I still could not save any changes I made to the interfaces file of the debian installation.

Is hda5 mounted rw or ro?

Code:

mount

HappyTux · 06-25-2006, 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dgrego

This is a follow-up question to a suggestion to use the Knoppix live cd to fix a debian installation that hangs while booting at "starting MTA"

I burned a copy knoppix and booted from the cd. I then maneuvered to /media/hda5/etc/network and edited the interfaces config file like suggested. I went to save the file and received the message that the file was not writable. So, I went back and right clicked on hda5 and there was an option to make it writable, but I still could not save any changes I made to the interfaces file of the debian installation.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks, DG

Open a Konsole window (the monitor with a shell on in the taskbar) then type in.

Code:

sudo mount /dev/hda5 /mnt/hda5
export XAUTHORITY=/home/knoppix/.Xauthority
sudo kwrite /mnt/hda5/etc/network/interfaces

Make your changes and save the filethen reboot.