RE: HDD Installation / Customization

Quick question - do you have to mess about with permissions when you
copy back your old home to a new install?

-----Original Message-----
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 09:59:16 -0400
From: Ian Soutar <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [debian-knoppix] 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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