I have just came across a really great product.
I can boot my PC from a CD and run Linux from the
CD drive. It finds all my hardware and everything.
It works so well, I am thinking about putting on
several "spare" PC's I have only I really do not
want to make it start from the CD drive each time.
This may be a simple question, I have done no research.
I figure, why bother when I can ask an expert!
If it is possible, what is the best/easiest way to
start my PC with Knoppix and not make it boot from
the CD every time?
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bordergal
8/22/2022 - Mon
jimbb
I tried Knoppix a short time ago, it makes a great "demo" CD if you want to test Linux on a system without making any changes to it.
Are you sure this is what you are looking for? You don't want to do a normal Linux installation onto each computer?
I am not sure what bootloader Knoppix uses (most likely Grub or Lilo), but if it has support for booting from the network then you should be able to keep a single image of the OS on a networked computer and instruct the bootloader to boot from that image.
Some computers even have support for netboot in the BIOS so you wouldn't even need to install a bootloader on the hard drive.
If you confirm that that's what you want to do then we probably can help you do it.
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both of you seem to feel a different distro would be
better. care to elaborate/recommend your fav?
bg
Gns
I like Mandrake (9) and I don't like RH8 particularily... But it's really mor of a question: a distro meant to be installed to HD than a "live-eval" type.
I'm sure you'll recognize a more recent Debian, since knoppix seems to be based on it.
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bordergal
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both of you seem to feel a different distro would be
better. care to elaborate/recommend your fav?
bg
Gns
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If you like Knoppix then there is no reason to switch to anything else. The new version of Knoppix does allow you to install to a hardisk with sufficient free space by logging in as root and run:
knx-hdinstall
Are you sure this is what you are looking for? You don't want to do a normal Linux installation onto each computer?
I am not sure what bootloader Knoppix uses (most likely Grub or Lilo), but if it has support for booting from the network then you should be able to keep a single image of the OS on a networked computer and instruct the bootloader to boot from that image.
Some computers even have support for netboot in the BIOS so you wouldn't even need to install a bootloader on the hard drive.
If you confirm that that's what you want to do then we probably can help you do it.