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New MessageKnoppix - Run Linux from a CD (modified 0 times) MOOKIE
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KNOPPIX

No istall necessary. The entire operating system boots and runs from the CD-Rom.
Sort of like the Think-NIC but on a complete PC. You can even access your Windows C:\Drive.

Just set your BIOS to boot from CD-ROM...Pop in the KNOPPIX CD...and reboot!
(Leave the CD in the drive)
I downloaded the .iso last night, burned it to CD and rebooted. Voila!
That's all it takes. It auto-detected the devices on my machine.
Comes with lots of pre-loaded software like:
KDE, Wine, XMMS, Open Office, GAIM, Mozilla, etc.

Being a Linux newbie, I think it's a great way to learn Linux without having to re-partition your hard drive.

Adam@MOOKIE
12-18-2002 15:43:02

New MessageRE:Knoppix - Run Linux from a CD (modified 0 times) laserfan
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There is another one called Virtual Linux:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/virtual-linux

and yet another that is a boot Floppy called Tom's Boot Disk that is excellent:

http://www.toms.net/rb/

Both of these belong in the toolkit as well.

12-18-2002 20:26:06

New MessageRE:Knoppix - Run Linux from a CD (modified 0 times) oldman
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Linux fans:

Knoppix KDE 3.1 Linux boot-from-CD is available attached to a magazine "PCUTILITIES" from England, as well as a CD with 510 Windows utilities, at Borders Books for $10.95 + tax.

If it did not say Linux on it, it would seem to function like any GUI operating system.

It sets itself up on a ramdisk, but goes back to the CD to load and run programs.(I think it would help if you have plenty of memory)

With my 1.1GHz Celeron, the slight delay is not much bother, but the CD starting up and stopping reminds me of the days before hard disks when everything ran off floppy disks.

Have fun,

oldman
05-05-2003 22:22:48

New MessageRE:Knoppix - Run Linux from a CD (modified 0 times) piperpacer
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Just last week I tried Knoppix for the first time and I was very impressed. I ran it on three different PCs and it worked flawlessly. It even worked over the wireless network I have setup. Boot times were reasonable as well, which was a real surprise. I hope to have a PC available within the next couple of months to do a full install of Linux. Eventually I want to setup a home server.

Knoppix is pushing me over the edge.

05-06-2003 07:52:41

New MessageRE:Knoppix - Run Linux from a CD (modified 0 times) redwood
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Knoppix can ALSO be _installed on yer HD .. from my notes...

open a shell and type

sudo knx-hdinstall

You can just say "sudo passwd" and set you own password for root or say "sudo su" in a shell to get a root prompt.When I want to work as root or do the knx-hdinstall I just boot the Knoppix cd and at the boot prompt say "knoppix 2" this boots me to a root prompt where I say "startx /usr/bin/fluxbox" and once at that desktop I just open an xterm and cd /usr/local/bin then run knx-hdinstall

hope thats right, its been awhile since I did it... good luck!

05-07-2003 06:56:38

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