Re: debian-knoppix digest, Vol 1 #934 - 1 msg

It is easy to get knoppix to run from the hard drive.   Just boot the CD 
and type in a root shell "knoppix-installer".  

This will come up with a menu.

1/ Run the setup.
2/ Run the install ...
3/ Bingo you have a Debian system on your HD.

Customizing it.
1/ Run the setup to create a config file.
2/ Save configuration to a file in your home directory.
3/ Go to the home directory and modify it as desired.   For example you 
can change to reiser file system,  no formatting ... different drive 
mapping such as a whole partition just for /home.   It is well 
documented ... the configuration script is really well commented.
4/ Go back to the knoppix-installer program and load your new configuration.
5/ Run the install.
6/ You will now boot to a customized Debian.

Works great either way.    The computer I am typing on is a Debian 
custom created from a knoppix disk.   I use the knoppix disk to maintain 
it.   If there is a problem I just save my home directory to an external 
serial drive.   Then I run the knoppix disk and re-install it.   It only 
takes 20 minutes.   Then put my home directory back.   Easy.

Ian.

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>   1. Any way to boot Knoppix entirely off NTFS partition? (eco2geek)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 20:15:08 -0400
>From: eco2geek <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [debian-knoppix] Any way to boot Knoppix entirely off NTFS partition?
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>With a stanza like the following in GRUB...
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># For booting Knoppix off the hard disk
>title Boot Knoppix 3.4 from hard disk
>kernel (hd0,0)/KNOPPIX/linux26 \
>     bootfrom=/dev/hda1/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX.iso \
>     lang=us keyboard=us alsa
>initrd (hd0,0)/KNOPPIX/minirt26.gz
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>...one can boot from KNOPPIX.iso off an NTFS partition (given that 
>KNOPPIX.iso, linux26, and minirt26.gz are in C:\KNOPPIX).  However, it 
>still requires the Knoppix CD to be in the drive.
>
>I've been playing around with various combinations of the 
>"knoppix_dir=", "knoppix_name", and "fromhd=" cheatcodes (in GRUB's 
>"kernel" statement), trying to get Knoppix to run *entirely* from the 
>hard drive, without needing to access the CD, with no success.
>
>Has anyone made it work?
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>- Andrew Heil
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