On Saturday 15 Nov 2003 6:08 pm, Melissa Reese wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello, > > As I anxiously await the arrival of my Mandrake package, I decided to > see what running Knoppix from a CD-ROM would be like, so last night I > downloaded it and burned it to CD-R (should I have burned it to CD-RW > instead?). > > In any event, everything seemed fine as I booted from the CD, and it > didn't complain about not detecting any hardware. Everything *looked* > normal (well, as normal as it could for something I've never seen > before :-)). > > I found Kmail, and set up a test account. But then, I could neither > receive nor send email. I looked around to see where I might have to > set up my basic connection parameters, but became a little confused > during that journey, and haven't yet found the solution. > > In thinking about all this, I do wonder how it's possible to run this, > or any Linux distribution entirely from CD-R and have any sort of full > functionality...perhaps especially in the realm of something like > sending/receiving email, because doesn't that new data need to be > written to *somewhere* on my hard drive? If my hard drive is formatted > for Windows usage (NTFS, with Windows formatting), wouldn't this > present problems? > > Just in case there *is* a way to go further with my Knoppix > experiment... > > I still just have my USB connected Linksys cable modem (I'm looking > into getting a regular ethernet card, as I've been told that Mandrake > might not like the external USB modem). *If* I can get past the > possible modem issue for the moment, can someone steer me in the right > direction with regards to seeing if I can get the connection working? > Or, if it's something other than just the basic connection, is there a > setting in the email program itself that I need to be more aware of? > > Thanks! > > - -- > Melissa > To configure the network in Knoppix click on the little icon of a Penguin to the right of the K Menu button. There is a network setup utility there.
When you run Knoppix in memory it is using an area of memory as a virtual hard drive. All configuration setting you make will be stored there, and will be lost when you power down. If you want settings to persist you must allow it to write to HD. Knoppix can be installed to boot from HD Instructions here htthttp://www.knoppix.net/docs/index.php/HdInstallHowTo Linux can cope with USB attached Cable modem devices so long as the computer is not expected to do anything to set up the modem itself. But a direct Ethernet is a "no brainer" and might save you having to work out how to get USB working. derek -- ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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