Copying files between two hard drives

[Alberto1]

Hello, I needed a driver to make my Matrox Millennium G400 video card working with my XFree86 server, so I dowloaded it using my other S.O. which is Windows 98 SE (dual boot) and put it on hda1 (FAT 32), then, I booted with a Knoppix Linux live CD, and tried, with KDE, to copy it from /mnt/hda1 to my home directory in hdb1 (ext3) but I received this message: "Impossible writing on hdb1". I tried also to copy other files but the message was always the same. So, even if I am less confident using shell commands I tried to copy it by Console but I obtained a message saying that "stat" couldn't be performed "...no such file or directory..." (but if I list that file I can see it). What can I do in order to copy that file ? I know my question is obvious but I don't know Linux enough (if I had to do that using Windows or DOS commands I wouldn't have had problems).
In addition (in case I have to download that file again) is there a Linux Web browser I can start by command line ?
Best Regards

[mrBen]

OK - 1 step at a time.

1. It's probably easier to copy it from /dev/hda1 to /dev/hdb1 from the command line on your installed system, rather than Knoppix, assuming that all of your partitions have been pre-mounted when you installed.

2. Most distros should come with the correct driver for the G400 - it's not that rare. Which distro are you using?

3. In Knoppix, you should doublecheck that all of your drives are mounted, and that they are mount read-write, and not read-only - you may not have permission to write to them (hence q.1)

4. You can use the lynx text browser (or links if it is installed) to surf the web from the command line. Alternatively, if you have the full URL for the file you want to download, then you can use wget, which will just retrieve the file for you.

Hope that helps.

[dkeav]

knoppix mounts drives read-only by default for FYI

[IsaacKuo]

It's really easy in Knoppix. After mounting the drive (e.g. left click on icon), simply right click on the icon and select the menu item Actions->Change Read/Write mode. It will open up a pop-up dialog window asking whether you really want to make hdb1 writeable.

[Alberto1]

Hello! At last I succeeded in copying my file from hda1 to hdb1. I couldn't do it as I forgot for a moment (as a beginner) that Linux is a multi-user System and you are not allowed to copy your files where you want but only in your directory under /home.
Best Regards.