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Discussion in 'Firefox, Thunderbird & SeaMonkey' started by jameseverett, 2009/08/30.

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    jameseverett

    jameseverett Inactive Thread Starter

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    Ok so i got firefox on this system, was very happy because they say it rates very high. However everytime i go to download a program from the enternet I get this "application needed to open this link" message "choose ":confused: and there is no application i can think of to open with or that i can see that makes anty sense. What a can i do.:(
    Oh by the way im running ophcrack slitaz a linux OS system cd in order to effect repairs to this computer. Thanks.
     
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    If your running above in "Live CD ", I'm not sure what to expect when requesting downloads via Firefox. The request implies Linux/Live CD environment allows writing to HDD via Firefox. The question is do you have write privileges or can they be turned on. The few Linux Live CD's I have run do not in the above situation.
     
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    James,

    Dennis is partialy correct.

    You will need to enable write access to your hard drive, with Live CD's this is normally disabled by default. Look at the documentation of your distro (particulary startup options) you should find the ability to enable this there.
     
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    Hi

    Ok whats a distro and where do i find it:D
     
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    Distribution (ie "ophcrack slitaz" ) and you already have it. ;)
     
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    would the ability to enable be found inthe start menu or should i look somewhere else:eek:
     
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    Sooooooooo Sorry. my bag.

    waite you did say start up menu :confused: i get a little excited at times:) but what should i be looking for all this looks foriegn to me. system tools, multimedia, preferences what. Maaan if icould just get this thing to download all would be right with the world again:D
     
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    Depending on the Window Manager used by the Linux distribution, look for a menu item such as Administration. Then locate the menu item for "mounting disks ".

    I believe ophtcrack uses Fluxbox window manager. Rt click anywhere on desktop to get a menu. Ophtcrack is supposed to detect and mount the hard drive partitions automatically. If it doesn't, open a Terminal and use these commands:

    To list the disk partitions do:
    fdisk -l /dev/hda
    or if sata drive
    fdisk -l /dev/sda

    You'll see something like this:
    Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
    /dev/hda1 * 1 12920 97675168+ 42 SFS
    /dev/hda2 12921 7560 42 SFS

    The list will show all partitions on the disk. The one with an * under Boot will be the Windows partition.

    Then do:
    mkdir /mnt/windows
    mount -t auto /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows

    If fdsik does not detect any partitions then you are sol. And if the disk has errors on it such as from doing hard shutdowns or forced shutdowns then the disk may not be detected. You'll have to connect the drive to a working comp and use diskchk to fix the errors.

    BTW, there are faster and easier methods of recovering Windows paswords but they will not be discussed here at this forum. Gaining access to password protected Windows computers is a topic that is not allowed here and we strictly adhere to this forum policy.

    If all yhou want to do is test out Linux with a different Web browser then try Ubuntu. Ophtcrack is a specialized Linux distribution primarilay for system administrators and want-to-be hackers.
     
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