I am, Bob -- I even suggested that the machine being recovered be the group's demo-install machine for the presentation, since I read that you were seeking and this seemed like a good match. Thanks for the tips, I'll pass that right along. I really like the way they design the system that way, secure but available, and let me easily remount a partition for writing. G'nitey...
Ben On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 00:10, Bob Miller wrote: > Ben Barrett wrote: > > > Thanks, Roger! Knoppix s is REALLY COOL. I suggest it to anyone who's > > considering the Switch(tm)... to Real Computing. > > Gee, Ben! Aren't you delighted to know that Beaker and I are getting > a KNOPPIX presentation ready for you? We're planning to cover hard > disk installation, how to get a root shell when there's no root > password, and saving your work to a floppy or a DOS directory, among > other things. > > Since you're in a hurry to install KNOPPIX on your hard drive, here's > how. (I haven't done the dual boot part, but it should be obvious to > an experienced Linucian like you.) It's actually easier than > installing RedHat, unless you use RedHat's automatic partitioning. > > >From the K menu, select KNOPPIX -> Root Shell. (Oops, that's one > part of our talk. (-: ) From the root shell, type knx-hdinstall. > Answer the questions. Partition your disk. Watch it run for a while. > Answer some more questions. Reboot from hard disk. Smile. > > Knoppix includes apache and squid proxy, though they're off by > default. We didn't check on samba. (Thanks for the sneak preview! I'm still planning on getting the rest of the story at the EUGLUG presentation, March 15th) -- Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> counterclaim _______________________________________________ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
