Other Help Topics :: HowTo open the compressed KNOPPIX file?



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

how i can open the compressed file from windows?
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:
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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.

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.
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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