On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 14:50, John wrote:
> My thanks to Jim Lange for educating me, and giving me a reprint
> from Linux World that turned out to be the answer I needed.
Your welcome! I don't remember where I first was made aware of the
article, probably Newsforge. David Tomlin sent me this link which is
probably better:
http://www.freenet.org.nz/misc/knoppix-install.html
Jim
>
> I thought that my experience with Knoppix might be of interest,
> on three different levels, to SLUG people.
>
> 1. INSTALL DEBIAN: I read someplace that Debian was pretty
> much the hardest distro to install, but it turns out that the
> Knoppix method can give you a complete Debian installation with
> remarkable ease. Much easier even than RH, but of course
> without the wide variety of configurations. In a laptop
> context, simple is nice.
>
> 2. HARDWARE RECOGNITION: Knoppix has very good ability to
> recognize hardware and install correct drivers. In fact, that's
> how this all started for me: I had a Compaq Armada notebook
> with a wireless card that no other distribution would install
> properly. I tried a bunch of other distributions with varied,
> but always awful, results. For example, I had installations
> that were unbootable without removing the wireless card, etc,
> etc. The Knoppix Demonstration CD worked like a charm right
> off the bat. I'm sure that my failures with other distros is
> due to my own stupidity, and they can all be made to work just
> by holding your head right, but you can't argue with success.
> So, for my money, kudos go to Knoppix.
>
> 3. KNOPPIX ON HARD DRIVE: And lastly--and somewhat
> anticlimatic--it's simply noteworthy that although Knoppix
> officially can't be installed on your hard drive, in fact it
> can.
>
> If there is any interest in how to do this, I have a
> non-electronic printed/faxable copy of the Linux World article,
> and Jim must have an electronic version since he gave me a
> printout. I'm not sure if it's on the Internet but I'll search
> for it if somebody is interested.
>
> John
>
>
>
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