Possible to install knoppix?

07-23-2008	#1 (permalink)
Van Halen Man Linux Newbie Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: N. Canton Ohio Posts: 208	Possible to install knoppix? I have the Games Knoppix live CD and I was just wondering if you could actually install it on a free partition. Thanks

07-23-2008	#2 (permalink)
Manchunian Linux Enthusiast Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: France but my heart stays in Britain Posts: 675	Hi, It's not a good idea to install Koppix. It's only meant to be a live CD and can break during updates. If you want to keep Linux, install something like Ubuntu instead. __________________ Distribution: Archlinux Processor: 3 x Amd 64 bit Ram: 4 GB Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT

07-23-2008	#3 (permalink)
devils casper Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chandigarh, India Posts: 21,081	I agree with Manchunian ! You should not install Knoppix. Go for ant other distro that is meant for Harddisk install. Check out this poll on Fav Linux Distro. __________________ It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. - Gertrude Stein New Users: Read This First

07-25-2008	#4 (permalink)
Van Halen Man Linux Newbie Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: N. Canton Ohio Posts: 208	Well, I have several Ubuntu CDs and I tried to install that and after it finishes it said something crc error or something like that, I also tried FC6 and everytime I would try to install it, it would freeze when I have to swich to disk 2 for some reason.

07-25-2008	#5 (permalink)
devils casper Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chandigarh, India Posts: 21,081	Post your machine's specs here. __________________ It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. - Gertrude Stein New Users: Read This First

07-25-2008	#6 (permalink)
Van Halen Man Linux Newbie Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: N. Canton Ohio Posts: 208	Alright, 1024 RAM (-128mb for the shared graphics) 128mb graphics (obviously) Intel Pentium IIII running at ~2.4ghz The motherboard is an Asus P4S8X-MX

07-25-2008

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Does Ubuntu CD boot up fine on your machine?

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I tried to install that and after it finishes it said something crc error or something like that

Could you post exact error message here?

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07-26-2008	#8 (permalink)
J_dillinger Just Joined! Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 14	KNOPPIX installs just fine if that is what you want I installed knoppix 5.3.1 DVD on a 20 gig partition on my laptop and it worked great with a 3 gig swap partition from root # sudo knoppix-installer Follow propts - the Installer will allow you to resize the windows partition and set it as active, grub is install and allows knoppix or windows to boot as a dual boot machine. It is what knoppix is, a fully configured platform that has a lot of the software preinstalled. If that is the type of system you want it works great... otherwise I would follow the advise of the other in here and go with a platform designed for installation. I however like my knoppix box, a dell E1505, and it had eveything I needed for that box from the start

07-27-2008

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it worked great with a 3 gig swap partition

3GB SWAP partition is just a space wastage. 1GB SWAP partition is more that enough under any circumstances and it doesn't matter how much RAM one has.

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07-27-2008

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Anyone who installs Knoppix must know what they are potentially getting themselves into:

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Knoppix is designed & intended to be used as a GNU/Linux LiveCD and not a HD installed Linux distro. A HD installed Knoppix will give you a running GNU/Linux system but it is not easy to support or administrate and add/remove of software is complicated and is best left to GNU/Linux experts...If you are a new user and not a GNU/Linux expert & want a HD installed system then skip the LiveCDs and go directly to a distro designed to be installed to a HD

This comes from the Knopix site, Hd Install HowTo - Knoppix Documentation Wiki.

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