Re: Traditional Install or Knoppix?
A friend of mine (newbie) installed Debian by way of knoppix. I didn't
know about knoppix so I basically thought that he screwed up BIG TIME on
his install. I could not figure why on earth he'd need a logical volume
manager, why did he install everything under a single partition, why did
his vfat partitions were mounted with their device names (ex:
/mnt/hda1), etc etc etc. I also remembered seeing files owned by a user
"knoppix" all over the places but was not aware of that install system.
Now that I know, I'll stay well clear of it. My friend's system is quite
sub-optimal -- not to say totally screwed up-- as it is (even
considering he's a newbie who likes to tamper with stuff).
Jeff
On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 05:57, Lou Losee wrote:
> I installed via Knoppix. Things went smoothly and I have had no
> problems with the apt-get upgrade process.
>
> However....
>
> There are *situations* to think about:
> - By default the install goes into a single partition. There are
> howtos to get the /home directories onto another partition, but that
> is the default.
> - By default the user that is installed is named 'knoppix' again there
> are howtos to install with a different user.
> - once installed vs running from the cd, knoppix loses all of its
> unique hardware detection capabilities.
> - knoppix installs alot of packages that a typical user - especially a
> newbie doesn't need
>
> Within the situations described, I am pleased with the install. It was
> very quick and easy and does give a user a very workable system.
>
> Cheers,
> Lou Losee
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