Linked by Ben Hughes on Tue 5th Oct 2004 19:16 UTC
GNU/Linux, and all other operating systems, are based around a kernel which controls hardware access and maximizes CPU and RAM efficiency by controlling when and how much programs get to use. The difference between Linux and most other operating systems (closed source ones at least BSD and other open source OS's you can do this with) is that you can compile the kernel to meet your needs.
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Did the author finish the article? What is all this about?
mount /dev/ -rw /mnt/linux
mount /dev/ -rw /mnt/linux/
chroot /mnt/linux
I can't see that being any use, instead try something like this:
mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/linux
chroot /mnt/linux /bin/bash
(replace hda3 with the partition that is your root filesystem. - You may need to mount other filesystems depending upon how you have configured your partitions
Not knowing Knoppix, I'm assuming that /mnt/linux already exists. If not create a directory somewhere on the ramdisk, and mount your root filesystem their instead.
Might I suggest that anyone who actually needs to know how to do this, ignores this document and instead downloads a Gentoo LiveCD and follows their *excellent* documentation instead.
Sorry Eugenia, but if I'm perfectly honest, I think this article falls well below the usual OSNews standard.