Re: [debian-knoppix] Re: debian-knoppix digest, Vol 1 #934 - 1 msg

[Ian Soutar <soutar@horizon.bc.ca>]

OK ... no ... I don't even know what qemu is.

Boot the knoppix disk.
Go to a root shell and type knoppix-installer

The installation will commence. Fully menu driven.

Ian.

Matthew Yates wrote:

> Maybe I didn't understand the question correctly, but
> you can use qemu to boot up the Knoppix image from the
> hard drive.  It is slow, but it works.  Just:
>
> qemu -m 256 -cdrom Knoppix.iso
>
> -Matt
>
> --- Ian Soutar <soutar@horizon.bc.ca> wrote:
>  
>
> > 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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