stevesr0
05-20-2007, 05:36 PM
I am a nonadvanced user of linux in general. I have an old laptop on which Knoppix 5.1.1 works better than other distributions that I have tried. I would like to install Knoppix as an operating system in the conventional way on this box (and I am aware that others have done this, but I have taken seriously Harry Kuhlman's stern advice not to do this.
I have tried the Debian Live-CD, which did detected my sound card (a major problem with other distributions other than Knoppix) but ran into a problem trying to connect wirelessly to the internet with an Orinoco card that works automatically with Knoppix (a problem with knetworkmanager, I think).
So, unless I can figure out how one can sonfigure and launch the wifi connection without knetworkmanager, a Knoppix "install" looks like the best idea.
Apparently, while a "regular" install to a hard drive risks all kinds of difficulties, installing an image of a Knoppix Live-CD to the hard drive is not a great problem as well as allowing the use of the CD drive after booting up.
I have looked at the howto on the Poor Man's Install, but before I try to do it I wanted to hear opinions about whether this is a reasonable choice for a non expert like myself.
Pertinent facts about the system:
Old Pentium 266, with 192 megs of ram. Knoppix 5.1.1 is launching fine from the live CD (although I sometimes get "file and media protocols unexpectedly quit" messages (which don't seem to interfere at all with the system's function).
It contains a primary partition which holds a win98 os and an extended partition which includes a partition for a linux operating system (Caldera Open Linux) and a swap partition. The extended partition is about 3 gig.
It would seen feasible to delete the existing linux partitions and use the 3 gigs to hold the poor man's install and swap partition, assuming this is enough space.
My basic goal: to use this old system to work in Linux and thereby learn about it and hopefully convert over to a primarily Linux user. I need a hard drive install inorder to speed up the system, since it is (almost) unbearably slow working via the CD.
Thanks very much for any advice, information, suggestions, referrals, etc.
Steve
I have tried the Debian Live-CD, which did detected my sound card (a major problem with other distributions other than Knoppix) but ran into a problem trying to connect wirelessly to the internet with an Orinoco card that works automatically with Knoppix (a problem with knetworkmanager, I think).
So, unless I can figure out how one can sonfigure and launch the wifi connection without knetworkmanager, a Knoppix "install" looks like the best idea.
Apparently, while a "regular" install to a hard drive risks all kinds of difficulties, installing an image of a Knoppix Live-CD to the hard drive is not a great problem as well as allowing the use of the CD drive after booting up.
I have looked at the howto on the Poor Man's Install, but before I try to do it I wanted to hear opinions about whether this is a reasonable choice for a non expert like myself.
Pertinent facts about the system:
Old Pentium 266, with 192 megs of ram. Knoppix 5.1.1 is launching fine from the live CD (although I sometimes get "file and media protocols unexpectedly quit" messages (which don't seem to interfere at all with the system's function).
It contains a primary partition which holds a win98 os and an extended partition which includes a partition for a linux operating system (Caldera Open Linux) and a swap partition. The extended partition is about 3 gig.
It would seen feasible to delete the existing linux partitions and use the 3 gigs to hold the poor man's install and swap partition, assuming this is enough space.
My basic goal: to use this old system to work in Linux and thereby learn about it and hopefully convert over to a primarily Linux user. I need a hard drive install inorder to speed up the system, since it is (almost) unbearably slow working via the CD.
Thanks very much for any advice, information, suggestions, referrals, etc.
Steve