Thanks Jeff!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey Clement" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 2:02 PM Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Update on Knoppix > ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/knoppix/KNOPPIX_V3.1-2002-12-10-EN.iso > > It's a reasonably speedy site. > > Jeff > > J. Rafael S�nchez wrote: > > >Jeffrey, > >Where did you get it from? and is there any instruction for burning or is it > >just an ISO image. I like the idea of having it on CD for booting - pretty > >slick. I went to the knoppix.org website and was not able to find what I > >need. > > > >Any directions? > >Thanks Jeff. > > > >Raf. > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Jeffrey Clement" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 12:39 PM > >Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Update on Knoppix > > > > > > > > > >>Sorry. Newer version :( Figures. > >> > >>J. Rafael S�nchez wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Hey Jeff, is that the version you gave us on thursday? or is there yet, > >>>another newer version? > >>> > >>>Raf. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>----- Original Message ----- > >>>From: "Jeffrey Clement" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 9:58 AM > >>>Subject: (clug-talk) Update on Knoppix > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Update for my post yesterday. > >>>> > >>>>On the 10th a new version of Knoppix was released and it's even better. > >>>>Last night I downloaded and installed this on my laptop and it's even > >>>>better that the last Knoppix (This probably wins my award for > >>>>slickest/easiest Linux install ever.) > >>>> > >>>>Just boot from the CD and from a terminal > >>>>$ sudo /usr/local/bin/knx-hdinstall > >>>> > >>>>it lets you partition and choose file systems, services and the usual > >>>>stuff but you don't choose packages to install. It installs all the > >>>>Knoppix stuff. Since Knoppix already knows about your hardware this > >>>>gets transfered to the new machine and just works.. X, mouse, sound, > >>>>etc all works. > >>>> > >>>>To add software later Knoppix is based on debian so you can use apt-get > >>>>and it all works great. > >>>> > >>>>Only problem I had with the new version was /etc/skel contains a bunch > >>>>of config files with the language set to German. I just nuked > >>>>everything in /etc/skel and the added my users and it works great. > >>>> > >>>>All in all if you like Debians stability and packages but hate the > >>>>installer this is a great way to get a good working workstation in about > >>>>20min. > >>>> > >>>>Jeff > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > > > > > >
