Re: knoppix vs grml (free software mini pi)

2012-02-17 Thread Joe
On Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:56:44 -0600 green wrote: > Joe wrote at 2012-02-16 13:50 -0600: > > A lot of the time, Knoppix will run a 'difficult' bit of hardware, > > but using mainstream modules that the Debian installer has not seen > > the need for. It is (mostly) then a matter of tweaking the Debi

Re: knoppix vs grml (free software mini pi)

2012-02-16 Thread green
Joe wrote at 2012-02-16 13:50 -0600: > A lot of the time, Knoppix will run a 'difficult' bit of hardware, but > using mainstream modules that the Debian installer has not seen the > need for. It is (mostly) then a matter of tweaking the Debian > installation to match. Do you consider Knoppix hardw

Re: Knoppix and debian

2011-05-04 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Tue, 03 May 2011 21:34:13 +0300, David wrote in message <201105032134.13546.d_ba...@012.net.il>: > > Knoppix can be installed to a hard drive, but that is not > > recommended, and I can confirm it is unmaintainable. You throw it > > away and install the next version. Some people claim this is

Re: Knoppix and debian

2011-05-04 Thread Alex Mestiashvili
On 05/03/2011 05:04 PM, Andrew McGlashan wrote: Alex Mestiashvili wrote: run from time to time update-pciids Is that something to do in old stable as well? I just checked cron jobs and nothing is there to do this. don't think that it has something to do with cron . sometimes lspci doesn't

Re: Knoppix and debian

2011-05-03 Thread David Baron
> Knoppix can be installed to a hard drive, but that is not recommended, > and I can confirm it is unmaintainable. You throw it away and install > the next version. Some people claim this is also necessary with Ubuntu. I started with Knoppix, liked it, did the HD install. Was just fine. Until I "

Re: Knoppix and debian

2011-05-03 Thread Lisi
On Tuesday 03 May 2011 16:51:20 Chen Wei wrote: > On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 03:29:20PM +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > > just a simple question: I discovered the hardware recognition on the > > KNOPPIX- DVD is very good. > > > > Is this a personal development by Klaus Knopper? Is it also used by > >

Re: Knoppix and debian

2011-05-03 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 03 May 2011 16:42:07 +0100, Lisi wrote: > On Tuesday 03 May 2011 15:58:31 Camaleón wrote: >> On Tue, 03 May 2011 15:45:36 +0100, Lisi wrote: >> > On Tuesday 03 May 2011 15:07:03 Alex Mestiashvili wrote: >> >> On 05/03/2011 03:29 PM, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: >> >> > just a simple question: I

Re: Knoppix and debian

2011-05-03 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 03 May 2011 17:09:09 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > Am Dienstag, 3. Mai 2011 schrieb Camaleón: >> On Tue, 03 May 2011 15:45:36 +0100, Lisi wrote: >> > On Tuesday 03 May 2011 15:07:03 Alex Mestiashvili wrote: >> >> On 05/03/2011 03:29 PM, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: >> >> > just a simple questi

Re: Knoppix and debian

2011-05-03 Thread Chen Wei
On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 03:29:20PM +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > just a simple question: I discovered the hardware recognition on the KNOPPIX- > DVD is very good. > > Is this a personal development by Klaus Knopper? Is it also used by debian? > And if not, why not? Do you mean KNOPPIX discover

Re: Knoppix and debian

2011-05-03 Thread Lisi
On Tuesday 03 May 2011 15:58:31 Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 03 May 2011 15:45:36 +0100, Lisi wrote: > > On Tuesday 03 May 2011 15:07:03 Alex Mestiashvili wrote: > >> On 05/03/2011 03:29 PM, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > >> > just a simple question: I discovered the hardware recognition on the > >> > KNOPP

Re: Knoppix and debian

2011-05-03 Thread Joe
On Tue, 3 May 2011 15:29:20 +0200 "Hans-J. Ullrich" wrote: > Hi all, > > just a simple question: I discovered the hardware recognition on the > KNOPPIX- DVD is very good. > > Is this a personal development by Klaus Knopper? Is it also used by > debian? And if not, why not? > I would assume t

Re: Knoppix and debian

2011-05-03 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Am Dienstag, 3. Mai 2011 schrieb Camaleón: > On Tue, 03 May 2011 15:45:36 +0100, Lisi wrote: > > On Tuesday 03 May 2011 15:07:03 Alex Mestiashvili wrote: > >> On 05/03/2011 03:29 PM, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > >> > just a simple question: I discovered the hardware recognition on the > >> > KNOPPIX- D

Re: Knoppix and debian

2011-05-03 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Alex Mestiashvili wrote: run from time to time update-pciids Is that something to do in old stable as well? I just checked cron jobs and nothing is there to do this. -- Kind Regards AndrewM Andrew McGlashan Broadband Solutions now including VoIP -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-

Re: Knoppix and debian

2011-05-03 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 03 May 2011 15:45:36 +0100, Lisi wrote: > On Tuesday 03 May 2011 15:07:03 Alex Mestiashvili wrote: >> On 05/03/2011 03:29 PM, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: >> > just a simple question: I discovered the hardware recognition on the >> > KNOPPIX- DVD is very good. >> > >> > Is this a personal develo

Re: Knoppix and debian

2011-05-03 Thread Lisi
On Tuesday 03 May 2011 15:07:03 Alex Mestiashvili wrote: > On 05/03/2011 03:29 PM, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > > just a simple question: I discovered the hardware recognition on the > > KNOPPIX- DVD is very good. > > > > Is this a personal development by Klaus Knopper? Is it also used by > > debian? A

Re: Knoppix and debian

2011-05-03 Thread Alex Mestiashvili
On 05/03/2011 03:29 PM, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: Hi all, just a simple question: I discovered the hardware recognition on the KNOPPIX- DVD is very good. Is this a personal development by Klaus Knopper? Is it also used by debian? And if not, why not? Greetings Hans run from time to time u

Re: Knoppix/Debian HD Install problem

2006-09-27 Thread Kamaraju Kusumanchi
On Thursday 21 September 2006 11:25, John Graves wrote: > I took what appears to be an unwise shortcut and installed Knoppix on > the harddrive of a spare laptop. It now appears that some portion of > what is installed is in german. Is there an easy way to either fix my > installation or reinstal

Re: Knoppix/Debian HD Install problem

2006-09-22 Thread Andrei Popescu
John Graves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I took what appears to be an unwise shortcut and installed Knoppix on > the harddrive of a spare laptop. It now appears that some portion of > what is installed is in german. Is there an easy way to either fix my > installation or reinstall in English?

Re: knoppix-autoconfig

2005-10-22 Thread Paras pradhan
hi: i have exaclty done as you said before. ie ln -s /var/tmp. but it is not working .. the exact error u can see the attached gif file And also as tapsa... making main module with xorg is very difficult.. i am working from around 1 week and not succedded still. i wud like to know if anyone

Re: knoppix-autoconfig

2005-10-22 Thread migno888
Hello! You can try this: Go to the chroot environment # cd / # rm -fr tmp/ # ln -s /var/tmp/ exit the chroot environment reference: http://cogent.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/morphix/tech2k-mainmod-v2.pdf Section 2: Build a maindmod from scratch, page 5 Regards! Sylvie Selon Paras pradhan

Re: knoppix-autoconfig

2005-10-21 Thread Paras pradhan
Yes i have tried ... that but i am getting some problem with /tmp folder... tmp is symlinked to /var/tmp and /var/tmp has sticky bit on Do i need to special treat the /tmp folder for xorg? Paras. On 10/21/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello! > > Maybe xorg.conf f

Re: Knoppix KDE problem + apt problem

2005-10-15 Thread Seeker5528
On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 09:28:48 +0200 "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/kdeedu-data_4%3a3.3.2-3.sarge.1_all.deb > (--unpack): trying to overwrite > `/usr/share/icons/crystalsvg/16x16/apps/edu_languages.png', which is > also in package

Re: knoppix DVD 4.0

2005-08-05 Thread David E. Fox
On 28 Jul 2005 20:01:25 -0700 "Art H" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all. Just so you know, I'm a newbie, I downloaded,burned and booted > up with Knoppix 4.0 with no problems and have been using Linux for a Well, you could install it to a partition on your HD, then you'd be able to apt-get nea

Re: newsreader (was Re: knoppix DVD 4.0)

2005-08-01 Thread Peter J Ross
On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 08:11:27AM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 09:59:09AM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > > > > I has been a long time since I have been actively reading > > newsgroups. Long ago I have used tin and gnus to do that. I would not > > recoommend gnus for newbie

Re: knoppix DVD 4.0

2005-07-29 Thread Gregory Seidman
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 08:01:25PM -0700, Art H wrote: } Hi all. Just so you know, I'm a newbie, I downloaded,burned and booted } up with Knoppix 4.0 with no problems and have been using Linux for a } few days now. I've tried searching for my question but can't find a } definite answer yet, which i

newsreader (was Re: knoppix DVD 4.0)

2005-07-29 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 09:59:09AM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > > I has been a long time since I have been actively reading > newsgroups. Long ago I have used tin and gnus to do that. I would not > recoommend gnus for newbies. It is not the easiest reader to set up > but it is very powerful. I s

Re: knoppix DVD 4.0

2005-07-29 Thread Johann Spies
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 08:01:25PM -0700, Art H wrote: > Hi all. Just so you know, I'm a newbie, I downloaded,burned and booted > up with Knoppix 4.0 with no problems and have been using Linux for a > few days now. I've tried searching for my question but can't find a > definite answer yet, which i

Re: knoppix -> sarge possible?

2005-06-11 Thread John Fleming
Is it possible to "upgrade" my Knoppix 3.8.1 (on CD) to sarge without a clean install? DON'T DO IT! No one would recommend it! When I first started, I had a lot of trouble with installing Debian (my problem - It's easy now!). So I installed Knoppix (easy), changed my sources.list to the mai

Re: knoppix -> sarge possible?

2005-06-11 Thread Paul E Condon
On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 05:54:04PM +0200, Fernando Cacciola wrote: > Hi people, > > Is it possible to "upgrade" my Knoppix 3.8.1 (on CD) to sarge without a > clean install? > Yes, it is possible, _but_ no one on this list can say, _with_ _certainty_, what problems _you_ will encounter in doing

Re: knoppix -> sarge possible?

2005-06-11 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
Fernando Cacciola wrote: Hi people, Is it possible to "upgrade" my Knoppix 3.8.1 (on CD) to sarge without a clean install? TIA Fernando Cacciola It is possible to do so. But in the end you will end up spending more time by taking this route. Unless you have a solid reason as to, why yo

Re: knoppix -> sarge possible?

2005-06-11 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 05:54:04PM +0200, Fernando Cacciola wrote: > Hi people, > > Is it possible to "upgrade" my Knoppix 3.8.1 (on CD) to sarge without a clean > install? > > TIA > > Fernando Cacciola Why? If you want Sarge, just use the Sarge installer. Many of the reasons that people for

Re: Re: knoppix HD-install problem

2005-06-10 Thread Manuele =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bond=EC?=
Please stop using Sid, if you can. You should progress slowing from Stable, through Testing, to Unstable according to your level of experience and hardware requirements. Good advice Robert. For the time being, though, I think I will stick to Sid, at least until I recover from the recent major

Re: knoppix HD-install problem

2005-06-08 Thread roach
On Wednesday 08 June 2005 02:46, Manuele Bondì wrote: > Thank you Robert for your interest and excuse my long delay in replying. No problem, I will sometimes take time replying as well. I have a lot of email to get through. > (ii) I downloaded Sid (Debian 3.1 unstable, did I get that part right

Re: Re: knoppix HD-install problem

2005-06-07 Thread Manuele =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bond=EC?=
Thank you Robert for your interest and excuse my long delay in replying. In fact my original post was a bit out of target; to try and focus on my actual problem I should point out that: (i) I started with Knoppix and had no problems with the installation; (ii) I downloaded Sid (Debian 3.1 uns

Re: knoppix HD-install problem

2005-06-03 Thread roach
Hi, Try http://www.knoppix.net/ for info on how to install knoppix. If memory serves me right, there are at least 3 different ways. I get the impression you've chosen the most severe route. I suggest you try again with one of the simpler installations. To save your downloaded files you can col

Re: knoppix HD-install problem

2005-06-01 Thread Manuele =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bond=EC?=
Sorry to reopen an old thread but I need help on a tough problem (at least for me, though not a complete newbie I have a limited knowledge of the Linux world) which has Knoppix at its origin (though now it probably is not related to Knoppix any more) and I couldn't find a more pertinent thread.

Re: Knoppix .config

2005-05-27 Thread Robert Vangel
Freddy Freeloader wrote: Hi all, Does anyone know where I can find a copy of the Knoppix kernel .config file? I like using it for compiling my own kernels and I've lost both the link to it, and the copy of the file I had in a hard drive crash. Thanks What about booting the cd & grabbing

Re: Knoppix .config

2005-05-27 Thread Martin Mewes
Hi Freddy, Freddy Freeloader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : > Does anyone know where I can find a copy of the Knoppix kernel > .config file? I like using it for compiling my own kernels and I've > lost both the link to it, and the copy of the file I had in a hard > drive crash. Wouldn't it be poss

Re: knoppix HD-install problem

2004-12-16 Thread Richard Lyons
On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 02:19:32PM -0500, David Syme wrote: > I am not sure I agree with the above statement. 'above' ...or was that 'below'? > While RTFM is a bit > impolite, I do think asking knoppix-related questions on a debian > mailing list is a bad idea. I am not saying that there are no

Re: knoppix HD-install problem

2004-12-15 Thread David Syme
I am not sure I agree with the above statement. While RTFM is a bit impolite, I do think asking knoppix-related questions on a debian mailing list is a bad idea. I am not saying that there are no knoppix experts on this list. But answering knoppix questions will not help debian users or debian in

Re: Re: knoppix HD-install problem

2004-12-15 Thread belahcene
thanks for every body, Ok, andreas, the problem is the Debian installer, and specially the aptitude, is very dificult for the novie, I asked many times the developper to insert something like anaconda, refuse ???!!! any way, I use knoppix only for the the first installation ( recognition of the

Re: Knoppix

2004-12-14 Thread David Baron
On Tuesday 14 December 2004 19:15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > By the way, why didn´t you think about a solution or a hint isntead of > flaming him for using another distro. It's because we took a short cut to get a working Debian-related/based system up and running right off and rather painlessl

Re: knoppix HD-install problem

2004-12-14 Thread John Hasler
Pedro M writes: > Sorry but Debianites are Windoze converts too. _Some_ Debianites are Windoze converts. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: knoppix HD-install problem

2004-12-14 Thread Pedro M (Morphix User)
Alvin Oga escribió: I thought, that the debian users are more tolerant than some others, but as we know now, that´s just not the truth for all of us! most debianites are techies :-) vs non-techies or new windoze converts Sorry but Debianites are Windoze converts too. Better: tolerant de

Re: knoppix HD-install problem

2004-12-14 Thread andreas . sumper
Kamaraju Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 14.12.2004 17:19:35: > On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 16:30:38 +0100, belahcene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I've just download   the last knoppix (3.7), I tried to use the same way > > as with 3.6 > > to install it on HD. But it failed at reboot wi

Re: knoppix HD-install problem

2004-12-14 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya deb/knop's :-) On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > > But imho that is not true. the only differences between knoppix and debian > > are: > > 1. knoppix has the better hardware recognition. :-) -- aka better kernel management -- - without a good default kernel conf

Re: knoppix HD-install problem

2004-12-14 Thread andreas . sumper
Hi! Sorry for the harsch answer, I just had a very bad day... Kamaraju Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 14.12.2004 18:11:37: > On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 17:48:18 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >   > > Kamaraju Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 14.12.2004 17:19:35

Re: knoppix HD-install problem

2004-12-14 Thread andreas . sumper
Hi! belahcene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 14.12.2004 16:30:38: > Hi, > I've just download   the last knoppix (3.7), I tried to use the same way > as with 3.6 > to install it on HD. But it failed at reboot with following errors: > > can't find ext3 on dev > cat't find vfat  on dev  

Re: knoppix HD-install problem

2004-12-14 Thread Kamaraju Kusumanchi
On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 17:48:18 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Kamaraju Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 14.12.2004 17:19:35: > > > But imho that is not true. the only differences between knoppix and debian > are: > 1. knoppix has the better hardware recognition.

Re: knoppix HD-install problem

2004-12-14 Thread Kamaraju Kusumanchi
On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 16:30:38 +0100, belahcene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I've just download the last knoppix (3.7), I tried to use the same way > as with 3.6 > to install it on HD. But it failed at reboot with following errors: > Short answer :- Ask in the knoppix mailing lists. Long a

Re: Knoppix & Swap

2004-12-11 Thread Jean-Michel Hiver
I'm wondering why you asked here instead of a Knoppix mailing list? Just to torture your soul! :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Knoppix & Swap

2004-12-11 Thread Carl Fink
On Sat, Dec 11, 2004 at 11:58:36AM +, Jean-Michel Hiver wrote: > I have installed knoppix with knx2hd but it doesn't seem to be using > swap. I was wondering: I'm wondering why you asked here instead of a Knoppix mailing list? -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabootu's Minist

Re: Knoppix & Swap

2004-12-11 Thread Jean-Michel Hiver
Have you run mkswap /dev/hda2? That did it! Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Knoppix & Swap

2004-12-11 Thread Sridhar M.A.
On Sat, Dec 11, 2004 at 01:46:51PM +, Jean-Michel Hiver wrote: > > OK I have added this: > > # Added by me > /dev/hda2 swapswapdefaults0 0 > > And then I do: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/jhiver# swapon -a > swapon: /dev/hda2: Argument

Re: Knoppix & Swap

2004-12-11 Thread Jean-Michel Hiver
Have you verified via `free -m` if the swap partition wasn't even mounted? I don't think it is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# free -m total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem: 249188 60 0 32129 -/+ buffers/cache:

Re: Knoppix & Swap

2004-12-11 Thread Michael Loftis
--On Saturday, December 11, 2004 11:58 + Jean-Michel Hiver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi List, I have installed knoppix with knx2hd but it doesn't seem to be using swap. I was wondering: - What tool can I use to make sure the swap partition exists? Two things must be in order for knoppix to

Re: Knoppix & Swap

2004-12-11 Thread Paolo Alexis Falcone
On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 11:58:36 +, Jean-Michel Hiver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi List, > > I have installed knoppix with knx2hd but it doesn't seem to be using > swap. I was wondering: Have you verified via `free -m` if the swap partition wasn't even mounted? > - What tool can I use to mak

Re: Knoppix Debian install issues

2004-12-01 Thread Ralph Katz
On 12/01/2004 04:30 PM, Coupe, Mark (ITD) wrote: Hi, I'm trying to install Debian via the Knoppix method. I'm using the instructions found at _http://www.inittab.de/manuals/debootstrap.html_. I'm successful until I run "base-config" from chroot. While going through the Debian Configuration ap

Re: Knoppix boot vs debian boot

2004-10-30 Thread David Baron
Well, I (horrors!) did the Knoppix HD installation. The HW detection is somewhat different but works fine. I had to manually set up my ADSL (the modem did not support PPPoE) and my sound cards were misdetected so I manually set up ALSA. But it was a good beginning. I have since upgraded off Deb

Re: Knoppix question [HD install inflexibility]

2004-10-29 Thread cls
[This message has also been posted.] In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paul E Condon wrote: > On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 10:46:07AM +0800, Lian Liming wrote: >> Hi all, >>I wonder if i can install knoppix directly to the hard disk? >>I heard that the knoppix is based on debian system. So after

Re: Knoppix question

2004-10-29 Thread Amit Poddar
regarding information on using knoppix, i use knoppix day and nite. and it is debian based. so it is very very secure. u can also install it to the harddrive. i did it. the command on do that is open terminal and type in [sudo su} that is the code line that will make a root user. then type in [ sud

Re: Knoppix boot vs debian boot

2004-10-29 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Peter Hugosson-Miller (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Jerome Lacoste wrote: >> >> long time Debian user, I often use Knoppix for rescue and test >> operations. >> >> There are things that makes the Knoppix boot lean and clean, e.g. the >> hardware autodetection, etc... >> >> But I don't have

Re: Knoppix boot vs debian boot

2004-10-29 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Peter Hugosson-Miller wrote: Jerome Lacoste wrote: Hi, long time Debian user, I often use Knoppix for rescue and test operations. There are things that makes the Knoppix boot lean and clean, e.g. the hardware autodetection, etc... But I don't have that on my unstable boxes. So I am wondering if it'

Re: Knoppix boot vs debian boot

2004-10-29 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Jerome Lacoste (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > long time Debian user, I often use Knoppix for rescue and test > operations. > > There are things that makes the Knoppix boot lean and clean, e.g. the > hardware autodetection, etc... > > But I don't have that on my unstable boxes. So I am won

Re: Knoppix boot vs debian boot

2004-10-29 Thread Peter Hugosson-Miller
Jerome Lacoste wrote: Hi, long time Debian user, I often use Knoppix for rescue and test operations. There are things that makes the Knoppix boot lean and clean, e.g. the hardware autodetection, etc... But I don't have that on my unstable boxes. So I am wondering if it's a Knoppix special feature o

Re: Knoppix question

2004-10-28 Thread Conrad Newton
>From Lian Liming on Friday, 2004-10-29 at 10:46:07 +0800: > Hi all, >I wonder if i can install knoppix directly to the hard disk? >I heard that the knoppix is based on debian system. So after > installed the knoppix to hard disk, can i use the "apt " package tools > on it? >Thank you

Re: Knoppix question

2004-10-28 Thread Greg Madden
On Thursday 28 October 2004 06:46 pm, Lian Liming wrote: > Hi all, > I wonder if i can install knoppix directly to the hard disk? > I heard that the knoppix is based on debian system. So after > installed the knoppix to hard disk, can i use the "apt " package > tools on it? > Thank you

Re: Knoppix question

2004-10-28 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Lian Liming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I wonder if i can install knoppix directly to the hard disk? Yes. > I heard that the knoppix is based on debian system. But Knoppix is not Debian, and you should be pestering the Knoppix mailing lis

Re: Knoppix question

2004-10-28 Thread Paul E Condon
On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 11:53:49PM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 09:08:43PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > > > Concerning apt: Yes, the program works, but the packages in the Debian > > repository and world-wide mirrors, are not tuned to work with Knoppix. > > They are tuned to

Re: Knoppix question

2004-10-28 Thread Carl Fink
On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 09:08:43PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > Concerning apt: Yes, the program works, but the packages in the Debian > repository and world-wide mirrors, are not tuned to work with Knoppix. > They are tuned to work with the real Debian. ... which is why you'd point souces.list

Re: Knoppix question

2004-10-28 Thread Paul E Condon
On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 10:46:07AM +0800, Lian Liming wrote: > Hi all, >I wonder if i can install knoppix directly to the hard disk? >I heard that the knoppix is based on debian system. So after > installed the knoppix to hard disk, can i use the "apt " package tools > on it? >Thank y

personal decision re knoppix or regular debian

2004-09-05 Thread Scotty Fitzgerald
just a note, I decided to buy a real copy of Woody. I figure I have enough to learn without being pushed through hoops over bugs. --- Scotty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: knoppix vs standard debian?

2004-09-03 Thread Golovko
On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 00:38:04 GMT, Scotty Fitzgerald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a webpage or faq, or can somebody clue me in to, whether I > should get a "regular" debian?! Would there be an advantage to, say, > picking up a copy of "Debian Bible" and installing that instead over > knopp

Re: knoppix vs standard debian?

2004-09-03 Thread Ben Levin
There's instructions to make a live cd at http://www.linux-live.org/ On Wednesday 01 September 2004 08:38 pm, Scotty Fitzgerald wrote: Is there a webpage or faq, or can somebody clue me in to, whether I should get a "regular" debian?! Would there be an advantage to, say, picking up a copy of "D

Re: knoppix vs standard debian?

2004-09-02 Thread Silvan
On Wednesday 01 September 2004 08:38 pm, Scotty Fitzgerald wrote: > Is there a webpage or faq, or can somebody clue me in to, whether I > should get a "regular" debian?! Would there be an advantage to, say, > picking up a copy of "Debian Bible" and installing that instead over > knoppix debian?

Re: knoppix vs standard debian?

2004-09-02 Thread Robert Parker
On Thursday 02 September 2004 20:11, Scotty Fitzgerald wrote: > Thank you for your replies. > > I am thinking of ordering the (big) seven disk set from > an outfit like linuxcdrs.com. The 7 cd set is most likely Woody probably Rev 2 (3.0r2) which I run. It has considerable virtue, not least stabi

Re: knoppix vs standard debian?

2004-09-02 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 10:11:58AM +, Scotty Fitzgerald wrote: > Thank you for your replies. > > So, there are security issues!! I suppose this means that the > declaration of Sarge being stable will force security conscious users > to migrate to Sarge ( a lot like Gates & Co forces people

Re: knoppix vs standard debian?

2004-09-02 Thread J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)
Please read http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html . On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 10:11:58 +, Scotty Fitzgerald wrote: > I suppose this means that the declaration of Sarge being stable will force > security conscious users to migrate to Sarge ( a lot like Gates & Co > forces people to move

Re: knoppix vs standard debian?

2004-09-02 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 10:11:58AM +, Scotty Fitzgerald wrote: > Thank you for your replies. > > So, there are security issues!! I suppose this means that the > declaration of Sarge being stable will force security conscious users > to migrate to Sarge ( a lot like Gates & Co forces people

Re: knoppix vs standard debian?

2004-09-02 Thread Scotty Fitzgerald
Thank you for your replies. So, there are security issues!! I suppose this means that the declaration of Sarge being stable will force security conscious users to migrate to Sarge ( a lot like Gates & Co forces people to move by making a "service pack" update and refusing support to old service

Re: knoppix vs standard debian?

2004-09-02 Thread Richard Lyons
On Thursday 02 September 2004 01:38, Scotty Fitzgerald wrote: > Hi, I will try to make this newbie post really quick, > > I am learning Linux due to my incredible hate of Gates' policies and > security vulnerability. You have joined the right club! > I picked up a book with knoppix CD included,

Re: knoppix vs standard debian?

2004-09-02 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Scotty Fitzgerald (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I am learning Linux due to my incredible hate of Gates' policies and > security vulnerability. I picked up a book with knoppix CD included, > to "test the waters." > > I really love it, and managed to install debian "unstable" onto my > har

Re: Knoppix stops on creating /etc/fstab

2004-05-28 Thread Michal R. Hoffmann
On 26-05-2004 14:38, Terry wrote: On Wed, 26 May 2004, Kent West wrote: > it cannot start, hangs on creating /etc/fstab... On another PC it > worked well (although slooowly, as it was P233MMX). > What is wrong? Why cannot I start it on the 1st PC? [] Try adding 'knoppix nodma' at the boot prompt an

Re: Knoppix Install

2004-05-26 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Tue, May 25, 2004 at 12:02:01PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi again, > I have been trying to get debian running on my system for sometime > (particularly X). I have a fairly new Toshiba Laptop and I figured > there would be some issues (but never imagined this). On a

Re: Knoppix Install

2004-05-26 Thread Alexander Schmehl
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040525 18:02]: > BTW my laptop is a M35-s320 (Nvidia GForce Fx 5200) with a wierd 1280x800 > resolution. I'm not sure which log files to access (because X doesn't "crash" > ) IIRC some nvidia graphic cards have problems running framebuffer and x at the sa

Re: Knoppix stops on creating /etc/fstab

2004-05-26 Thread Terry
On Wed, 26 May 2004, Kent West wrote: > > it cannot start, hangs on creating /etc/fstab... On another PC it > > worked well (although slooowly, as it was P233MMX). > > What is wrong? Why cannot I start it on the 1st PC? > > This is _just_ a guess; Knoppix sees your swap partition, tries to use > i

Re: Knoppix stops on creating /etc/fstab

2004-05-26 Thread Kent West
Michal R. Hoffmann wrote: Hello, I'm not sure if it ain't off-topic, but Knoppix is based on Debian... On my 2xPII 350Mhz PC I have 1 partition with win95 (primary), and on extended partition I have few Debian/unstable partitions (swap, /, /usr, /var, /home). Recently I wanted to play with some f

Re: Knoppix Install

2004-05-25 Thread Carl Fink
On Tue, May 25, 2004 at 12:02:01PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have been trying to get debian running on my system for sometime > (particularly X) ... Does anyone know what may be causing this? I recall > having similar issues trying to install with sid, sarge, and woody. You haven't sai

Re: KNOPPIX CD to check computer's linux compatibility?

2004-05-19 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 08:35:17PM -0400, alex wrote: > alex wrote: > >This is followup to my previously posted 'Integrated video and audio-OK > >for Linux?' > > > >What I'm looking for is a way to run quick compatibility checks with a > >KNOPPIX CD on display computers in computer stores, someth

Re: KNOPPIX CD to check computer's linux compatibility?

2004-05-18 Thread yubing
thanks for your information i am a Linux Newbie, and have a lot of troube in fixing audio drvier. so i install knoppix on my computer. and it works. but the problem is i have install a lot of dummy stuff on my computer too, i wonder if there is a kind of live debian based cd like knoppix, but rat

Re: KNOPPIX CD to check computer's linux compatibility?

2004-05-18 Thread Silvan
On Monday 17 May 2004 08:35 pm, alex wrote: > It looks like there is no shortcut to check compatibility with a > KNOPPIX CD other than try to make all the devices work. A suggestion. Grab the DeMuDi image from AGNULA. (No URL handy, but it's easy to google up I'm sure.) It's a special version

Re: KNOPPIX CD to check computer's linux compatibility?

2004-05-17 Thread alex
alex wrote: This is followup to my previously posted 'Integrated video and audio-OK for Linux?' What I'm looking for is a way to run quick compatibility checks with a KNOPPIX CD on display computers in computer stores, something that could be done in a matter of a few minutes per computer. I'd

Re: KNOPPIX CD to check computer's linux compatibility?

2004-05-17 Thread Kent West
alex wrote: I realize that the surest way to do a Linux compatibility check is to do a full installation of everything. But, how would you perform a quick check with a KNOPPIX CD under the conditions mentioned above? [ie, without getting the attention of a salesdroid] You probably will have to

Re: KNOPPIX CD to check computer's linux compatibility?

2004-05-17 Thread Katipo
alex wrote: > Paul Johnson wrote: > alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> What I'm looking for is a way to run quick compatibility checks with a >>> KNOPPIX CD on display computers in computer stores, something that >>> could be done in a matter of a few minutes per computer. Why not just try Knopp

Re: KNOPPIX CD to check computer's linux compatibility?

2004-05-17 Thread alex
alex wrote: What I'm looking for is a way to run quick compatibility checks with a KNOPPIX CD on display computers in computer stores, something that could be done in a matter of a few minutes per computer. There seems to be some misunderstanding about this. First, testing a computer with a KNOP

Re: KNOPPIX CD to check computer's linux compatibility?

2004-05-17 Thread Greg Folkert
On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 07:58, alex wrote: > Carl Fink wrote: > > On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 08:56:41PM -0400, alex wrote: > > You could suppress the graphical environment, but why? > Of course, I'd have to boot the CD. It's just that I'd prefer > to work in terminal mode. what is wrong with CTRL-ALT

Re: KNOPPIX CD to check computer's linux compatibility?

2004-05-17 Thread alex
Paul Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: What I'm looking for is a way to run quick compatibility checks with a KNOPPIX CD on display computers in computer stores, something that could be done in a matter of a few minutes per computer. Why

Re: KNOPPIX CD to check computer's linux compatibility?

2004-05-17 Thread alex
Carl Fink wrote: On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 08:56:41PM -0400, alex wrote: What I'm looking for is a way to run quick compatibility checks with a KNOPPIX CD on display computers in computer stores, something that could be done in a matter of a few minutes per computer. I'd prefer to use terminal c

Re: KNOPPIX CD to check computer's linux compatibility?

2004-05-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, May 16, 2004 at 08:56:41PM -0400, alex ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > This is followup to my previously posted 'Integrated video and > audio-OK for Linux?' > > What I'm looking for is a way to run quick compatibility checks > with a KNOPPIX CD on display computers in computer stores, > so

Re: KNOPPIX CD to check computer's linux compatibility?

2004-05-16 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What I'm looking for is a way to run quick compatibility checks with a > KNOPPIX CD on display computers in computer stores, something that > could be done in a matter of a few minutes per computer. Why not just try

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