is there a way to get root access to the hd from knoppix

[*DEAD*]

im trying to fix a friends comp whos got a nasty virus that shuts down everything as soon as he opens it. safemode doesnt work either so i decided to try using a boot cd. ive got to get some large files off his comp and he only has one cd drive so im gonna use an external hd. the problem is is that knoppix only has read only access. is there ne way to copy files from his harddrive (hd1) to mine (sd1). ive tried a root console with no success. thanx in advance

[lakerdonald]

mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1
cp /mnt/hda1/foo/bar/baz.xy /mnt/sda1

[*DEAD*]

i have tried that but ill try again. thx for the help

[*DEAD*]

i tried again and it worked perfectly. thx for the help. no idea what i did wrong tho

[MasterAssassin]

hey, i need some access to the hard drive nad i've tried what was listed here. im kinda a noob but when i went into the permissions and switched it to "Can View and Modify Content" after i press ok it gives me this message: "Could not change permissions for /mnt/hda1/...". Does anyone have suggestions?

[borromini]

open a console, type 'root' (or 'su'). That should do it. It will switch automatically to root mode.

Read/write permissions are easy: all you have to do is rightclick the link on the desktop, then select 'change read/write permissions'. That should do it.

[MasterAssassin]

hmm, never tried that, thanks

[MasterAssassin]

ok, i've tried both of what you said, and it won't work, i still can't create/copy files.