Possible to install knoppix?

[Van Halen Man]

I have the Games Knoppix live CD and I was just wondering if you could actually install it on a free partition. Thanks

[Manchunian]

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.

[devils casper]

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.

[Van Halen Man]

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.

[devils casper]

Post your machine's specs here.

[Van Halen Man]

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

[devils casper]

Does Ubuntu CD boot up fine on your machine?

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?

[J_dillinger]

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

[devils casper]

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.

[Manchunian]

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

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.