It is interesting I have to agree Jason - I have been following the Knoppix list for a while now and there has been quite a bit of discussion about the installer, how to improve it - add features that would allow you to set up home partition and so on. Klaus' position is that it is not a priority for him since the primary purpose of Knoppix is as a live CD for diagnostics and advocacy etc. In fact he often refers people with questions about hard disk installs elsewhere, since technically they are no longer "Knoppix" issues. That's fair enough I guess - it is his project, and as he readily admits there are plenty of other projects that have built on the original Knoppix that offer the features people keep asking him for.
So now we have this guy Warren who has written a real nice installer, works a treat (as does the Morphix one admittedly) and they are still trying to sort it out in the Knoppix camp, I am not sure why they don't just ask one of these guys if they can include their installer and be done with it. But whatever - I am happy with Mepis and will probably stick with it. ciao Lance Blackler -----Original Message----- From: Dave Sent: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 11:48:51 +1300 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Debian and MEPIS Linux - YAIR (Yet Another Installation Report) On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 00:03, you wrote: > No worries, glad to help. I was also impressed by Mepis...makes you > wonder how 1 guy (ok, basically 1 guy, kind of like Knoppix) can get > things so right whilst major distro's can screw up horribly and yet they > employ MANY developers and have many more beta testers too. It boggles > the mind actually. > > I reckon if Mandrake (LOL) hired this Warren guy from Mepis, as well as > Klaus Knopper, well then they could fire the rest of em...just kidding > of course. But it does beg the question of just how good the developers > working for some of the major distro's can possibly be??? > > Regards, > > J > > Lance Blackler wrote: > > Thanks for the disks Jason > > > > - Mepis loaded beatifully - very reminiscent of Knoppix - yet nicer in > > many ways.� � It is still a mix of Testing/Unstable, but you don't see > > any mention of Knoppix any where (well so far I didn't) like I've noticed > > in some others like Morphix.� � It didn't set up my winmodem like it > > hinted that it might - but I did it manualy OK - (which hasn't worked > > well on the latest Knoppix I tried).� � One thing I have noticed so far > > is that the fonts are nicer - better default selections. > > > > The hard drive installer is real easy - allows you to set up a home > > directory and so on as well, unlike knoppix.� � It was quick too - 20 > > mins or so on my PII-333 > > > > BTW - if anyone wants to try it out as a live install - I suggest that > > they copy the folder called "Linux" from the CD to the root of a FAT32 > > partition if you have the room (almost 700mb) - then boot as usual (or > > with a floppy) - but eject the CD after the kernel and miniroot have > > loaded - the installation will find the folder on the hardrive and loadup > > from there - it will feel like a normal installation - you can even use > > your CDrom/writer/DVD etc and if you are doing a hard drive install - it > > will do it more quickly and quietly - no thrashing of the cd drive (and > > cloop errors!)� � This works with Knoppix too - just copy the KNOPPIX > > folder.� � (It is called the poormans install). > > > > I have to say that this loooks like it might be my distro of choice till > > I get a gruntier machine to try Gentoo on. > > > > ciao > > > > Lance Blackler Jason/Lance that's what happens with committes!! -- cheers................dave Mail to: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ____________________________________________ Kmail - KDE Desktop 3.1.0 Linux Mandrake release 9.1 (Bamboo) for i586 Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk i686 / tty4 ____________________________________________
