[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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1. Any way to boot Knoppix entirely off NTFS partition? (eco2geek)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 20:15:08 -0400
From: eco2geek <eco2geek@comcast.net>
To: debian-knoppix@linuxtag.org
Subject: [debian-knoppix] Any way to boot Knoppix entirely off NTFS partition?
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
...one can boot from KNOPPIX.iso off an NTFS partition (given that
KNOPPIX.iso, linux26, and minirt26.gz are in C:\KNOPPIX). However, it
still requires the Knoppix CD to be in the drive.
I've been playing around with various combinations of the
"knoppix_dir=", "knoppix_name", and "fromhd=" cheatcodes (in GRUB's
"kernel" statement), trying to get Knoppix to run *entirely* from the
hard drive, without needing to access the CD, with no success.
Has anyone made it work?
- Andrew Heil
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