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

Ian Soutar <[email protected]> Fri, 09 Jul 2004 16:18:48 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.knoppix
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Ok Thanks,
Actually you can do that with the knoppix disk using the 
fromhd=/dev/hda1 command. If there is a knoppix directory on the windows 
side it will boot and run. Very quick too.

But I prefer the HD install method,
Ian.

Matthew Yates wrote:

>qemu emulates a computer and allows you to boot up the
>iso image without repartitioning/installing to the
>hard drive.  I've used qemu in Linux, but there is a
>windows version.  More info here: 
>http://www.h7.dion.ne.jp/~qemu-win/
>http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/
>
>I assume this would allow you to boot the iso image
>that is stored on the ntfs partition.  I've used it to
>take a look at live CD's like Knoppix or Mepis that
>are stored on my hard drive without burning a CD.
>
>-Matt
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>--- Ian Soutar <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>OK ... no ... I don't even know what qemu is.
>>
>>Boot the knoppix disk.
>>Go to a root shell and type knoppix-installer
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>>The installation will commence. Fully menu driven.
>>
>>Ian.
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>>Matthew Yates wrote:
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>>>Maybe I didn't understand the question correctly,
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>>but
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>>>you can use qemu to boot up the Knoppix image from
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>>the
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>>>hard drive.  It is slow, but it works.  Just:
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>>>qemu -m 256 -cdrom Knoppix.iso
>>>
>>>-Matt
>>>
>>>--- Ian Soutar <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>>>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
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>>...
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>>>>different drive 
>>>>mapping such as a whole partition just for /home. 
>>>>        
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>>>>It is well 
>>>>documented ... the configuration script is really
>>>>well commented.
>>>>4/ Go back to the knoppix-installer program and
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>>load
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>>>>your new configuration.
>>>>5/ Run the install.
>>>>6/ You will now boot to a customized Debian.
>>>>
>>>>Works great either way.    The computer I am
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>>typing
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>>>>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
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>>back.
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>>>> Easy.
>>>>
>>>>Ian.
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>>>>> 1. Any way to boot Knoppix entirely off NTFS
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>>>>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
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>>>>entirely off NTFS partition?
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>>>>>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
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>>>>>...one can boot from KNOPPIX.iso off an NTFS
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>>>>partition (given that 
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>>>>>KNOPPIX.iso, linux26, and minirt26.gz are in
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>>>>C:\KNOPPIX).  However, it 
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>>>>>still requires the Knoppix CD to be in the drive.
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>>>>>I've been playing around with various
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>>>>of the 
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>>>>>"knoppix_dir=", "knoppix_name", and "fromhd="
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>>>>cheatcodes (in GRUB's 
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>>>>>"kernel" statement), trying to get Knoppix to run
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>>>>*entirely* from the 
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>>>>>hard drive, without needing to access the CD,
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>>>>no success.
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>>>>>Has anyone made it work?
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>>>>>- Andrew Heil
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