Knoppix is neat. We (I?) now use it at LVLUG meeting to boot existing computers into Linux -- we were using Slackware Live, Knoppix seems better and easier to boot.

My primary interest in Knoppix is (was) as an installer for Debian -- see Debian for some additional resources.

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• (rhk) Knoppix gives bootable, one-disk Linux; Cameron Laird; February 4, 2003; - list of resources at end of article looks promising, inlcudes:

• CHEATCODES AND HINTS FOR KNOPPIX V3.1 -- don't see anything there to specify an IP address -- there is a way to specify configuration data on a floppy running a script named knoppix.sh

• Knoppix Hard Disk Installation HOWTO; David McNab; viewed 17 Mar 2003 -- although it mentions there is a section of knx-hdinstall for setting up the network, it doesn't specifically say that you can specify an IP address (I hate trial and error) -- I did try reading knx-hdinstall one day (IIRC, or was that a Vector script -- think I read both) but I didn't get much out of it -- may try again.

• Knoppix-customize What is Knoppix-customize? - "knoppix-customize is a program that let's you change the boot options and files of a KNOPPIX ISO image or boot disk without remastering."

• Knoppix Remastering How2 -- some instructions on remastering Knoppix to include different software
• CD-ROM Knoppix-3.2 MiB-11b Privacy Edition

Knoppix has a wiki (PHP Wiki) with many useful pages, generally for documentation and FAQs. Here are some that interested me:

• Knoppix FAQ
• Cheat Codes — note that the boot prompt is near the bottom of the first splash screen in gray — the normal brightness and contrast settings I use on my monitors made the prompt invisible
• Faq Network — has my question and (tentative) answer on using Knoppix with a static IP
• Hd Based HowTo — putting the CD image on the hard drive for faster booting / freeing up the CD — possibly also see Faq Hd Based
• Knoppix Hard Disk Installation HOWTO — see also Faq Install
• Persistent Home HowTo — this feature will be built into Knoppix 3.2, so I may want to get a copy of that — I think it (or an alpha or beta) is available at this time
• Home Partition HowTo —
• many others, including how to remaster Knoppix, and more to come (I'm sure) because it's a wiki

• Forum

• Mailing lists — links not working on 21 Apr 2003

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