knoppix

[Brian Densmore]

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Brian Kelsay 

><snip>  Same PC, now w/ XP Pro loaded (so I can at least lock 'em down), there 
> are a couple of directories under C:Program Files that have read-only set and
> can't be deleted or have the permission changed under XP.  It's going to be 
> Knoppix time again when I mess w/ it.  I was really surprised that Knoppix 
> couldn't delete those files.  I was using Konquerer last time.  Next go around
> I will try MC if it is on there, otherwise I'll use DamnSmall Linux and 
> Emelfm, which I have had success with before.  I had always thought that Linux
> didn't recognize Winders file permissions.
>
> Another problem this PC has is there is a mysterious amount of space taken up 
> on the drive.  4.5 GB used out of 6GB.  Can't find anything using a large 
> amount of space.  I may start over and completely wipe the PC.  Bah, what a 
> pain.  I think this is one reason to not have friends.
<voice: Clinton>
I feel your pain.
</voice>
I looked a friend's PC over the weekend (during the brief interval I wasn't
fighting with my own). Two problems, one the speaker starts to whine
after the PC is on for a while (I suspect competing drivers, so I disabled one), if only there were 
a way to disable it once '98 has loaded. Secondly,
th cheapware office-clone stopped working, but only the word-processor. So suspecting that they 
installed a game since I last re-installed the "office" for them I re-installed it and ... tada, it 
works again. Someting installed a new version of the MFC libraries and of course they aren't 
backwards compatible or the junk software they use for "office" can't deal with anything but one
specific version. I also gave their daughter a Knoppix CD. I'm not expecting much, though.