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Re: could I install Knoppix with debootstrap?




Hello Dirk,

On May 10, 2006, at 7:43 PM, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
One possibility I like is to copy the .iso file from a Knoppix mirror site, and then setup lilo or grub to boot it. There are a few HOWTOs that explain it for my Quantian variant of Knoppix at dirk.eddelbuettel.com/ quantian.html and there should also be several documents at knoppix.net that explain this.

Hope this helps, Dirk

I tried the instructions at your site for using grub to boot the ISO image[1]. Unfortunately, the kernel and initrd are for kernel version 2.6.7, which did not work for booting Knoppix 4.0.2 with kernel 2.6.12. I also tried following the instructions on the knoppix.net site for booting using grup[3]. Unfortunately, that initrd seem to assume that the ISO resides on an NTFS filesystem[4]. My guess is that magic to make this work is in the initrd.

Do you or anyone else know of an initrd that works with Knoppix's Linux kernel v2.6.12?

[1] http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/quantian/howto_lilogrub.html
[2] http://quantian.alioth.debian.org/
[3] http://knoppix.net/wiki/Win_Partition
[4] http://s94002264.onlinehome.us/grub/kno402.zip

Regards,
- Robert
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