Knoppix 3.2 installation.

[aditya.shevade]

Hi

I want to install knoppix 3.2 on HDD. The CD contains the procedure, but I am unable to understand it. They have said....

Q: Can one also install the distribution from the CD onto a hard drive?

A: In principal, yes (after all, the "master" system also runs on a hard
drive before it is burned to CD). However there is currently no
installation GUI for this, so installation to a hard drive should probably
only be attempted by more knowledgeable Linux users. Assuming the KNOPPIX
system has already booted, installation approximately follows this
procedure:
1.) initialize a free partition with the ext2 file system and mount it on
/mnt/knoppix, for example.
2.) cp -a /KNOPPIX/* /mnt/knoppix/
3.) set up /mnt/knoppix/etc/fstab and /mnt/knoppix/etc/lilo.conf for the
new system (Caution: symlinks in /boot initially point to the Ram
disk!), run lilo.
4.) mkdir /mnt/knoppix/home/knoppix && \
chown knoppix.knoppix /mnt/knoppix/home/knoppix
5.) Reboot, try the system out, fix any broken settings.
(No guarantees.)

Can some one please tell what exactly to do in detail?

[mehulved]

See this http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Hd_Install_HowTo
And if this one helps http://www.bellevuelinux.org/knoppixinstall.html

[DeSmOnD dAvId]

Thanks mate, I really needed it too.

[tuxfan]

aditya!! I think I sent you a Knoppix 5.0.1 DVD!! Why do you want to install an older version now?

[mediator]

Thats cheating post the knoppix 5 DVD to all of us. Make it the digit content!

[aditya.shevade]

@ Tuxfan. I have the DVD. I know that. My old PC dosen't have a DVD drive, even if it had one then also it has only 96MB ram and it's a Celeron 500MHz and the PC is 6 years old. I cannot run any other distro as smooth as I can run the Knoppix 3.2 on that.

@tech_your_future: - Thank you. I have installed the OS. Now only one thing remains unanswered, It comes with LILO, JGuru told me about the GRUB but not LILO. It boots Knoppix By default. I want windows to run Like that. How can I make Windows my Default OS?

I also tried Mandriva but it is too slow at my config. Knoppix runs very well. I have no problem now exept for that LILO config. Please tell me what to do.

[mehulved]

See if this helps http://www.codecoffee.com/tipsforlinux/articles/6.html
And aditya you need to learn to google up such things before asking. It will save you a lot of time and teach you a lot of things.

Here's what you want http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Lilo right from the first page of google search.

[JGuru]

@Aditya, backup the 'lilo.conf' file before you make any changes!!
So if you mess things up you can restore it from the backup file!!
Otherwise you won't be able to boot.
Open the Terminal Window & type:
$ sudo cp /etc/lilo.conf /etc/lilo_back.conf

Now edit the LILO file:

$ sudo gedit /etc/lilo.conf

Make the changes & save the file.
Reboot for changes to take effect.

[aditya.shevade]

@Tech_your_future:-

I respect your advice but there are a lot of sites to be searched from and I thought that this was the best method. Forgive me if I am wrong. I am searching on google but am not finding the correct results, forget this one as ir's the first page in google.

@JGuru Thank you.

[mehulved]

See aditya we all don't get it right with google just from the beginning. For linux related queries go to www.google.com/linux, it will give you more specific queries. Learn more about google, it has so many powerful tools. Main thing to remember is which keywords to apply like in this case you could have searched for Knoppix + edit lilo. As you use more you will learn.

[JGuru]

@Aditya, Tech_your_future has a good point. You must search with the correct phrase
in Google to get what you want.In the first three links itself , you'll find what you are
looking for!! Ofcourse it comes with some experience , trial & error method.