I want to add a comment here.
As many of you, I use, like, and sometimes even build special purpose
Linux distributions. So, I have evaluated and used Knoppix a bit.
I want to say that I like it a lot. It is large - maybe too large -
and does a good job detecting hardware so it installs very very easily
in most cases. As a result, it makes a great demo distribution or
a mobile rescue distro, and of course if you want to work at it
one can use it for most anything.
In any case, if you haven't used it and sometimes need something
of this sort I highly recommend it. It's only real draw back is
that it prefers computers with lots of RAM and fast CD readers - but
you can't have everything.
Dave Mandel
Contact info at bottom
On Mon, 23 Dec 2002, Dave Wyatt wrote:
> Just for general information, Knoppix has a hard disk
> install script that will install the full Knoppix
> (Debian) distribution to your hard disk. I just did
> this and had no problems and the Knoppix CD was the
> only current distro to set up my sound card correctly.
>
>
> After booting from the 'Live CD' go to a root console
> screen with [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[F1] and enter
> 'knx-hdinstall' (without quotes) and press [Enter].
> Follow the prompts for a fairly easy Debian install.
>
> It comes up in German so you need to set the language
> and keyboard to US or your prefered language.
>
> There was a url to instructions but it is now broken.
> Attached is the text file of the install instructions
> I saved.
>
> I have had problems installing Debian (not so muxh the
> installation, but getting audio and video + other
> stuff correct). Knoppix found everything including
> the SCSI Zip and CD drives and the sound, so it was a
> great way to get Everything set properly. Now I can
> back track and see what I was doing so wrong when I
> just couldn't get it right.
>
> So if the Knoppix Live CD boots your machine without
> problems you have an easy install if you want.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
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