[CentOS] Knoppix won't let me write to emergency drive

Thu Jan 29 14:26:10 UTC 2009
Joseph L. Casale <JCasale at activenetwerx.com>

>However, knoppix refuses to let me
>write to either my usb hdd or usb pendrive.  Does anyone know how to
>persuade it?

Remount rw as root?