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Request for translation

Dear list,

Knoppix 6.2 is now ready for uploading, but as a last, tiny missing
detail, I would like to re-add the short and (outside of the compressed
image) "windows-readable" information that was present on Knoppix
versions prior to 6.0.

I have the german and english version ready (it's really not much text,
just the basic info), but would like to bring the other languages into
sync with the updated text again, too. I could need a little help here.

This just applies to index_en.html, the cheatcodes should still be OK if
they just stay in english (or not?).

Whoever is reading this list and would like to provide a translation for
his or her language, is cordially invited to do so. The text license is
Creative Commons unrestricted distribution with Modifications Allowed
(also for derivates). You can add your name as translator below the
title, maybe with a contact email address, if you like to do so.

To avoid duplicate work, please post the translated html, or at least a
preliminary "working on it [language]" to the list.

The translations present in Knoppix 5.3 were:

DK
ES
FR
IT
JP
NL
RU

but other languages are welcome, too, of course.

We would like to release Knoppix 6.2.0 as soon as possible, but incoming
translations after the release date can of course be published on the
mirrors, the Knoppix website at knopper.net, and in later Knoppix
versions as well, so, no real need to hurry right now.  The translations
which are present before the release, will be added in time.

With kind regards
-Klaus Knopper
Title: Knoppix 6.2.0

KNOPPIX - Start Linux without installation

by Klaus Knopper

What is KNOPPIX®?

KNOPPIX is a compilation of GNU/Linux software, run completely from CD, DVD or flash disk. It automatically detects and supports a wide range of graphics adapters, sound cards, USB devices and other peripheral devices. KNOPPIX can be used as a Linux demo, for training courses , as rescue system or as a platform for commercial software product demos. It is not necessary to install anything on fixed disk. Because of its transparent decompression, up to 2 gigabyes of executable software can be present on a CD, and up to 10GB on a single-layered DVD.

Licenses and Sources

KNOPPIX is an Open Source project. Most of the programs included are subject to the GNU General Public License, with a few exceptions that are still using "Public Domain" licenses. License texts for each individual package are present at /usr/share/doc/programname/. These licenses allow

  • unrestricted use,
  • copy,
  • distribution,
  • in case of Open Source licensing, also modification/customization of the software as well as offering commercial service and support for it.

Source code for KNOPPIX-specific packages is available via the Internet at http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/sources/. You may find the sources for the Debian Distribution, which KNOPPIX is based on, at various Debian mirrors. Alternately, you can order all sources directly from Knopper.Net for the cost of material, copying, packaging and postage. This offer is valid for 3 years, counting from the build date of this CD-Rom/DVD.

System Requirements

  • Intel/AMD-compatible CPU (i486 and up),
  • RAM: at least 120 MB for the graphical desktop. Recommended for working with various office applications: 500MB RAM,
  • a bootable CD-ROM/DVD drive (IDE/ATAPI/SATA, Firewire, USB), or USB flash disk,
  • a standard SVGA-compatible graphics chipset,
  • PS/2 or USB Mouse.

Starting KNOPPIX

In order to start from CD, DVD or USB flash disk, adjust the boot selection menu or your computers BIOS setup in order to start from the desired device. Everything else works (almost) automatically.

Included Software

Depending on your choice of CD or DVD, a variety of software packages from the Debian software repositories (www.debian.org) is installed. The CD version contains at least:

The DVD version contains additional software packages for office productivity as well as software development and engineering (various programming languages and development environments), education and gaming. Most Knoppix Mirrors also have a list of included software called packages.txt or packages-dvd.txt.

Tips & Tricks

Support for localization (language, keyboard), expert options and workarounds for problematic hardware is summarized in the Knoppix Cheatcodes. Some of these options require advanced knowledge of the Linux operating system, others are just useful extensions of the KNOPPIX autoconfiguration system. The "favourite" boot options are displayed in the boot screen of KNOPPIX when hitting the F2 or F3 function keys.

It is recommended to run KNOPPIX from USB flash disk, since

  • it is much faster than CD/DVD because of less latency caused by the drives mechanical laser read head positioning,
  • your settings and personal files on KNOPPIX are saved for surviving reboot using overlay technology (which is, on request, activated the first time you start from USB flash disk).
In order to easily install KNOPPIX on a flash disk, a program called flash-knoppix is provided in the "Settings" menu when starting from CD or DVD.

Other considerations

DISCLAIMER: THIS IS EXPERIMENTAL SOFTWARE. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. KNOPPER.NET CAN NOT BE HELD LIABLE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES FOR DAMAGE TO HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE, LOST DATA, OR OTHER DIRECT OR INDIRECT DAMAGE RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE. IN SOME COUNTRIES THE CRYPTOGRAPHIC SOFTWARE AND OTHER COMPONENTS ON THE CD ARE GOVERNED BY EXPORT REGULATIONS OR SOFTWARE PATENTS, WHICH MAY FORBID DISTRIBUTION OR DOWNLOAD. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS. IF YOU PLAN TO COMMERCIALLY USE OR DISTRIBUTE (AND SELL) THE SOFTWARE, YOU HAVE TO ACQUIRE THE NECESSARY LICENSES AND PERMISSIONS FROM ALL SOFTWARE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OF NON-FREE SOFTWARE COMPONENTS, OR REMOVE THESE COMPONENTS BEFORE DISTRIBUTING THE SOFTWARE. 
                     CHEATCODES AND HINTS FOR KNOPPIX V6.2.0
==============================================================================
                         (last update: 11.11.2009)

These options (can be combined) work from the ISOLINUX bootprompt:

### General ###
adriane                             Start blind-friendly, talking desktop
debug                               Debug boot process step-by-step
expert                              Interactive setup for experts
knoppix                             (Default) Knoppix startup
knoppix 2                           Runlevel 2, Textmode only

### Language/Country ###
knoppix lang=ch|cn|de|da|es|fr|it   specify language/keyboard
knoppix lang=nl|pl|ru|sk|tr|tw|us   specify language/keyboard
knoppix keyboard=us xkeyboard=us    Use different keyboard (text/X)
knoppix utc                         Use Universal Time
knoppix tz=Europe/Berlin            Use this timezone for TZ
                                    (default: tz=localtime)

### Hardware/Workarounds ###
knoppix ide1=reset                  Try this if knoppix can't find the
                                    CD/DVD drive
knoppix no{apic,lapic,acpi,apm}     Skip parts of HW-detection (1)
knoppix no{hwsetup,udev,dhcp,fstab} Skip parts of HW-detection (2)
knoppix no{pcmcia,sound,swap}       Skip parts of HW-detection (3)
knoppix nousb                       Skip parts of HW-detection (4)
knoppix nolapic                     Disable local APIC (differs from noapic)
knoppix noideraid                   Disable IDE-Raiddisk detection
knoppix pnpbios=off                 No PnP Bios initialization
knoppix acpi=off                    Disable ACPI Bios completely
knoppix acpi=noirq                  Disable ACPI IRC routing only
knoppix acpi=force                  FORCE ACPI Bios initialization
knoppix noacpid                     Do not start ACPI even daemon
failsafe                            Boot with (almost) no HW-detection
knoppix pci=irqmask=0x0e98          Try this, if PS/2 mouse doesn't work *)
knoppix pci=bios                    Workaround for bad PCI controllers
knoppix ide2=0x180 nopcmcia         Boot from PCMCIA-CD-Rom (some notebooks)
knoppix mem=512M                    Specify Memory size in MByte
knoppix wheelmouse                  Enable IMPS/2 protocol for wheelmice
knoppix nowheelmouse                Force plain PS/2 protocol for PS/2-mouse

### Desktop ###
knoppix desktop=kde|gnome|icewm     Use specified WM instead of LXDE (1)
knoppix desktop=fluxbox|openbox     Use specified WM instead of LXDE (2)
knoppix desktop=larswm|evilwm|twm   Use specified WM instead of LXDE (3)
knoppix no3d                        Don't use compiz 3d fuctions

### Graphics ###
knoppix screen=1280x1024            Use specified Screen resolution for X
knoppix hsync=95                    Use 95 kHz horizontal X refresh rate
knoppix vsync=60                    Use 60 Hz vertical refresh rate for X
knoppix xmodule=ati|fbdev|intel|mga Use specified Xorg-Module (1)
knoppix xmodule=nv|radeon|savage|s3 Use specified Xorg-Module (2)
knoppix xmodule=vesa|svga|vmware    Use specified Xorg-Module (3)
knoppix norandr                     Disable Xorg RandR feature (may be
                                    useful if wrong resolution was detected)
knoppix noddc                       Don't query monitor for resoution
knoppix no3d|nocomposite            Don't use Xorg Composite extension
knoppix vga=normal                  No-framebuffer mode, but X
fb1280x1024                         Use fixed framebuffer graphics (1)
fb1024x768                          Use fixed framebuffer graphics (2)
fb800x600                           Use fixed framebuffer graphics (3)

### Configuration / Persistent image ###
knoppix nonetworkmanager            Don't start network manager
knoppix home=/dev/sda1/knoppix.img  Mount loopback file for overlay
knoppix toram                       Copy to RAM and run from there
knoppix tohd=/dev/sda1              Copy to Harddisk and run from there
knoppix fromhd=/dev/sda1            Boot from previously copied CD-Image
knoppix bootfrom=/dev/sda1/KNX.iso  Access image, boot from ISO-Image. ***)
knoppix knoppix_dir=KNOPPIX         Directory to search for on the CD. 
knoppix knoppix_name=KNOPPIX        Cloop-File to search for on the CD.
knoppix noswap                      Don't use existing swap partitions
knoppix forensic                    Don't use swap and mount read-only
knoppix secure                      Disable root access
knoppix noimage                     Do NOT use persistent image

### Knoppix Terminalserver/Client ###
knoppix nfsdir=hostip:path          Use nfsdir as /mnt-system for TS client
knoppix hostname=name               Set TS client hostname
knoppix hostname=auto-mac           Set TS client hostname from MAC address
knoppix hostname=auto-clock         Set TS client hostname from clock

### Various ###
knoppix noeject                     Do NOT eject CD after halt
knoppix noprompt                    Do NOT prompt to remove the CD
knoppix testcd|testdvd              Check CD or DVD for defects
knoppix splash                      Use splash.ppm in initrd as boot pic
knoppix trace                       create an open() trace in /open.trace

Hint: Using the default DE-bootimage, SYSLINUX boots with german keyboard
layout. The '=' letter is located at Shift-0 on this keyboard (just in
case you want to change keyboard and language with lang=us).

*) Try "knoppix pci=irqmask=0x0e98" if (you have a notebook and) your
PS/2 mouse doesn't work. (Possibly caused by a BIOS-flaw on your board,
BIOS updates can help.)

If your KNOPPIX CD produces strange noises during boot, or you see
frequent errors like "cloop: read error", or programs on your KDE
desktop keep crashing randomly, then your CD image is probably defective
or incomplete, or your CD-burner created a defective CD due to wrong
writing speed or bad media. This is the most common error reported.
Please boot with "knoppix testcd" to check if the CD is OK.

In case of a failing hardware autodetection, try booting with any of
the "no-" options as shown in the table above, like in
   knoppix noagp noaudio noapm noapic nolapic acpi=off pci=bios
           pnpbios=off nodma nopcmcia noscsi nousb ...
to skip some critical parts of the autodetection system.

The "noswap" and/or "forensic" boot option is useful for a forensic
analysis without touching existing swap partitions.

Some Boards apparently don't pass the proper memory size to the 
linux-kernel. It may cause the message "Panic: cannot mount root file 
system" and the system hangs. Use "knoppix mem=512M" to solve that 
problem if your system has 512MByte memory for example (caution:
you MUST use a capital "M" here).

---

If you need additional modules for starting controllers needed at boot
time, just copy the corresponding *.ko files from /lib/modules/* over to
/modules in the initial ramdisk (remaster needed).

If you place an update*.zip or update*tar.gz file on the medium holding
the KNOPPIX data, it will be unpacked onto the overlayed filesystem
before starting "init", thus allowing quick reconfiguration of the
system.

The file "knoppix.sh", if residing in the main KNOPPIX directory, will
be execuded after autoconfiguration and before starting the graphical
desktop. It can be used in order to start additional services.

If you wish to remaster the CD, please don't forget to specify
	-no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table \
	-b boot/isolinux/isolinux.bin -c boot/isolinux/boot.cat
as option to mkisofs. Otherwise your CD or DVD won't be bootable. The
directory KNOPPIX, containig the compressed filesystem file "KNOPPIX",
must be located in the top level directory of the CD.

Caution: X-Screensaver: Don't start xlock or any screensaver that
requires a password. There are no default passwords on KNOPPIX,
i.e. all accounts are LOCKED unless you explicitly set a password.
See also README_Security.txt about this issue.
If you accidentially hit the screensaver button in KDE,
switch to one of the textconsoles by Control-Alt-F1 and kill
the screensaver (or just set a password for the knoppix user).

If you would like to edit your X-Server configuration manually
(config file /etc/X11/xorg.conf), use "knoppix 2" to boot
into runlevel 2 (textmode only) and, after changing the X
configuration, start the X environment with "init 5". Note that
you can always leave the graphical environment with "init 2", and
restart it later with "init 5".

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