sry bout this but i need to fix my lilo.conf cos i cant boot into linux i tried to edit my lilo.conf but its read only how do i set it so that i can write to it? im using nedit to edit the file

i used sudo which i remember some french guy teachin me in #damnsmall irc last night @ 5am but now i dont know what i need to change my lilo.conf to this is what i hav, ive only this drive in the puter now as all my MS HDD are fux0red, damn those IBM peices of shit

boot=/dev/hdg1
map=/boot/map
vga=normal
default="linux"
keytable=/boot/uk.klt
prompt
nowarn
timeout=100
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
disk=/dev/hdg bios=0x80
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label="linux"
root=/dev/hdg1
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="quiet devfs=mount hda=ide-scsi hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi acpi=off"
vga=788
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label="linux-nonfb"
root=/dev/hdg1
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="devfs=mount hda=ide-scsi hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi acpi=off"
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz-enterprise
label="linux-enterpris"
root=/dev/hdg1
initrd=/boot/initrd-enterprise.img
append="devfs=mount hda=ide-scsi hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi acpi=off"
read-only
other=/dev/hdg1
label="windows"
table=/dev/hde
other=/dev/fd0
label="floppy"
unsafe
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-0.13mdk
label="old_linux"
root=/dev/hdg1
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.21-0.13mdk.img
append="quiet devfs=mount hda=ide-scsi hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi acpi=off"
vga=788
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label="failsafe"
root=/dev/hdg1
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="failsafe devfs=nomount hda=ide-scsi hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi acpi=off"
read-only

you have to chroot first to your hd, once you do that, then you will be able to access the REAL lilo.conf. the one you are seeing is the one on knoppix cd.

basically go like this:
terminal:

'sudo chroot /dev/[your linux / drive]'
once you do ls you should get the whole contents of your linux drive
now
'sudo vi /etc/lilo.conf'

edit what you need. save and reboot. you are all set now.

i tried but it says "chroot: cannot change root directoryto hdg1: not a directory"

but if i went to the '/mnt/hdg1/etc/lilo.conf wouldnt it bee the same

boot=/dev/hdg1
map=/boot/map
vga=normal
default="linux"
keytable=/boot/uk.klt
prompt
nowarn
timeout=100
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
disk=/dev/hdg bios=0x81
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label="linux"
root=/dev/hdg1
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="quiet devfs=mount hda=ide-scsi hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi acpi=off"
vga=788
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label="linux-nonfb"
root=/dev/hdg1
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="devfs=mount hda=ide-scsi hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi acpi=off"
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz-enterprise
label="linux-enterpris"
root=/dev/hdg1
initrd=/boot/initrd-enterprise.img
append="devfs=mount hda=ide-scsi hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi acpi=off"
read-only
other=/dev/fd0
label="floppy"
unsafe

and it still doesnt work

Your linux drive IS NOT hdg1, thats your cdrom.

MOST likely your harddrive is /mnt/hda3. you can figure it out from knoppix easily. its one of the shortcuts on the desctop.

i might be a but i know its hdg

right click the icon for your harddrive on the desktop. Then go to properties and there should be a little box somewhere that allows you to change the readonly permission to read-write. Maybe it wasn't properties - been a while since I used Knoppix the last time - but I do remember being able to change the permissions by right clicking the icon and then checking or unchecking something.

To write anything you want anywhere with knoppix you need to go to the 'root console' in the 'knoppix' menu and type passwd.Then you should be able to set a root password and read/write.
Then you do chroot /mnt/hdg1 /bin/bash and run lilo.If you got a seperate /boot partition you'll have to mount that from the chroot environment.

Or so