Subj : Which Distro
To   : TERINJOKES
From : ROB MCCART
Date : Thu May 05 2005 06:04 pm

TE>Back to Linux, i've decide to stuck with Red Hat, but while, i'm waiting for
  >CD, how would i hard drive install knoppix? as i said before i have already
  >created space for a linux partition (ext3 if i'm correct.)

This info is a little old but hopefully still works...
(Not all may be required depending on included language setup.)

BTW.. I've never done this and am just relaying what I found online.
Don't ask me for clarification or corrections..    B)

Installation Procedure
To get Knoppix installed onto your hard drive:

1. Boot the Knoppix CD.

2. When the boot prompt comes up, choose your language.
   Most of us speak English, so we'll type:  boot: knoppix lang=en
   then press ENTER (you don't type the 'boot:' part, of course)

3. Wait till the system is fully launched, including the KDE desktop

4. Press CTRL-ALT-F1, to get a root console.
   You should see a shell prompt

5. Type: knx-hdinstall

6. Follow the guided installation menus. This will include:

  * Creating a Linux partition  (at least 2.5GB)
  * Creating a Linux Swap partition (at least 256MB)
  * 'Mounting' the Linux partition as root
  * Initialising the swap partition
  * Copying all the required files (automatically)
  * Setting up networking
  * Setting passwords
  * Setting up the bootloader (Note: take care with this stage - it
    could render your system incapable of booting into Windows.
    If you really need Windows, then it might be a good idea to set
    up GRUB Bootloader with a 'chainloader' entry, so that you can
    dual boot. Working this out is an exercise left to the reader -
    there are too many possible scenarios for me to cover in this
    short guide. Also see man grub and the files in  /usr/share/doc/grub)
  * Rebooting (without the CD)

7. When you've rebooted Knoppix from your hard disk, click on the KDE
   Control Centre icon in the launcher at the bottom of the screen
   (icon of a colour monitor with a card in front of it)

8. Within the Control Center, click on Personliche Einstellungen

9. Click on Land und Sprache

10. Choose the locale and language of your choice

11. Click on Andwenden at bottom of that window

12. Close and restart the Control Center

13. Click on Peripherals, then  Keyboard, and choose your preferred
    keyboard layout (which will probably be US.English. Click OK
    and close the window

14. Press CTRL-ALT-F2 to get to the root console, and log in as root
    (using the password you chose when you ran the installer)

15. (Optional) - type apt-get update (followed by ENTER). This will
    update your list of available packages, and takes about 5-10 minutes.

16. Hey, presto, you've got a fully installed GNU/Linux desktop.

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