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I suspect that the main issue is going to be permissions, as if your USB stick is plugged in when knoppix is booted, then is will probably have mounted the dirve correctly anyway.<br />
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start up a terminal, and type su<br />
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su will give you root status. The knoppix CD has no password for the root user. You then need to cp files from where you have them to the USB stick.<br />
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In order to find the path for the USB stick:<br />
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cat /etc/fstab<br />
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will give you the details.<br />
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man cp<br />
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if you need the command line format and switches for cp
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I suspect that the main issue is going to be permissions, as if your USB stick is plugged in when knoppix is booted, then is will probably have mounted the dirve correctly anyway.

start up a terminal, and type su

su will give you root status. The knoppix CD has no password for the root user. You then need to cp files from where you have them to the USB stick.

In order to find the path for the USB stick:

cat /etc/fstab

will give you the details.

man cp

if you need the command line format and switches for cp

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With knoppix to get writing permision on a mounted device you just need to right click this device, and then you'll have an option where you can change the device to writeable. This won't work if the USB device is using ntfs though...
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With knoppix to get writing permision on a mounted device you just need to right click this device, and then you'll have an option where you can change the device to writeable. This won't work if the USB device is using ntfs though...

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hi ... i've created a knoppix boot cd and what i'd like to know is how to you go about backing up data to an external usb device? i can see the external device but i can't create folders or copy files to the device. 
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hi ... i've created a knoppix boot cd and what i'd like to know is how to you go about backing up data to an external usb device? i can see the external device but i can't create folders or copy files to the device. 

backing up data using knoppix boot cd

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