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 Faq Install

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See the httpKnoppix Hard Disk Installation HOWTO

INSTALLATION

General Information

sudoing

First of all for security reason all accounts are blocked - ie you can't log in to any account. To run things as a root the user 'knoppix' is allowed to sudo - ie to run things as a root.

script

Christian Perle provided us a script to copy and define knoppix to a "prepared partition" in your disk. But first we have to set an empty partition on our disk.

Preparing a New Partition

partitioning the disk

Backup your data. Use parted /dev/DESIRED_DISK(hda,hdb...) use ? to get commands resize partitions to create free space and make a new ext3 partition

Activating the script

type: "sudo /usr/local/bin/knx-hdinstall" and follow the instructions on screen.

Questions

Q: Why does "df" not list my root partition ("/")?

A: The entry for "/" is somehow missing in /etc/mtab. Either edit that file and add a correct line for "/" or better replace /etc/mtab with a link to /proc/mounts, thn everything should be shown. su -c "ln -sf /proc/mounts /etc/mtab"

Q: Why is DMA disabled by default and how do i enable it

A: Some chipsets and/or harddiscs are broken or buggy. Using DMA would cause problems on such systems. If your system works propperly with DMA, you can enable it with it by typing "/sbin/hdparm -c3 -d1 -m16 -k1 /dev/hda" or by editing the "/etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh" startup script and uncommenting the hdparm -qd1 /dev/hda line to have it permanently on at reboot, if the line is not there add it. Read more: httphttp://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2000/06/29/hdparm.html

Q: Whet i run apt-get i get "Dynamic MMap ran out of room"

A: add "APT::Cache-Limit 10000000;" to /etc/apt/apt.conf (Reason: The number of Debian packages just got too large for the default setting of the cache size...)

Q: How do i install Knoppix over a Network?

A: HowtoInstallOverNet

Q: Is there a way that does not use so much space?

A: There is the "poormans install", where you can copy some files from the CD to the harddisk. It will run like from CD, but the CDROM is free for other use and its a bit faster. Altough you'll need a bootfloppy.

Q: Why doesn't my sound work now?

A: Just run "/etc/init.d/alsa-autoconfig" as root once and you'll be fixed up nicely.


Last edited on April 23, 2003 3:16 pm.