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

Maybe I didn't understand the question correctly, but
you can use qemu to boot up the Knoppix image from the
hard drive.  It is slow, but it works.  Just:

qemu -m 256 -cdrom Knoppix.iso

-Matt

--- Ian Soutar <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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?
> >
> >With a stanza like the following in GRUB...
> >
> ># 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
> >
> >...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?
> >
> >- Andrew Heil
> >
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