Re: [debian-knoppix] cheatcode for moving KNOPPIX file
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Am Sonntag, 27. Juli 2003 14:12 schrieb Jason Parry:
> Fabian,
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> I know it can be done. The last post about the img file
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> modified to load all the cloop into RAM is another way also
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> (replace RAM with mounting a partition and cp the file to
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> some /mnt/hda1/somewhere in his script)
Its funny, Klaus had the same idea.
If you really think, that its necessary, I will think about it, but I see some
problems:
You need user-interaction:
knoppix tohd=<partition perhaps>
Its useless to copy the contens each time you boot from CD, but what if there
is a new knoppix-version ...
Perhaps a combination of knoppix tohd and knoppix fromhd would work, where as
fromhd would just ignore the CD-Drives and such would also possible for a
poor man's install.
Klaus, what do you think ?
cu
Fabian
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> I just think it would be nice as a cheatcode and
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> I think now that Knoppix auto makes a dosswapfs
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> file on your vfat if it cannot find a swap partition,
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> well along with that why NOT make cp KNOPPIX to hd
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> if there is 800MB free? It would still be Knoppix,
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> but with a swap file for the CDROM basically. It
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> would run a lot better and still be ro file.
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> For instance, my CDROM boots ok, but then starts to heat
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> up (it's stupid under Knoppix and doesn't slow the spin
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> speed much..) So eventually I'll run a command and get
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> media errors from overheating (maybe bad/cheap media also).
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> I think all Knoppix running boxes should have the option of
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> caching the CDROM file on some HD space and running off
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> of that ro filesystem. I don't see any downsides to it.
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> Thanks,
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> Jason
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> > Am Sonntag, 27. Juli 2003 13:22 schrieb Jason Parry:
> > > Hi All,
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> > > Without too much flame / debate over the true purpose of Knoppix,
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> > > why can't there be a cheat code to copy the contents of the
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> > > cloop file on to a 800MB swap/pseudo-swap file
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> > > (like the dosswap file used) or onto an extra swap partition?
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> > > I don't see a problem with making a 800MB file on some vfat
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> > > partition that Knoppix finds and using that instead of the
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> > > CDROM.
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> > Yeah, thats possible, but you can even do this now.
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> > Copy whole KNOPPIX-directory on cdrom to one of your partitions as in
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> > Windows-Syntax to C:\ so that in C:\KNOPPIX\KNOPPIX is the big file ...
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> > Now its tricky, you can make a boot-disk, or boot from CD-Rom and in the
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> short
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> > period after you pressed "enter" on the first screen and knoppix finding
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> > cdrom, you eject the CD, then knoppix will search all partitions and infd
> > it
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> > on example c: and use that.
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> > Thats called poor man's install :-))
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> > See also: www.knoppix.net - Docs Section.
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> > cu
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> > Fabian
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> > > My reason for wanting this is that my CD drive heats up
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> > > a lot and there's the spin-up, access time, need to access
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> > > CD's, etc. Seems like it would be a good cheatcode.
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> > > Thanks,
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> > > Jason
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