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HD Install on FAT32/DOS ?
I'm wondering if this could be done at all,
perhaps with loadlin ? HELP !
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Jaap Aap (Jape Ape)
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Feature wanted: Run Knoppix from hd
That is just what anybody, who is NOT a linux guru, is looking for!
The distributed cd works great on my pc,
EVERYTHING works.....!!!!
All in a few minutes. Tell Bill this is the way to go.
The only nag comes when starting an application then everything is loaded from the cd.
Is there some undetected feature that lets's one just copy the whole cd to either a blank or formatted harddisk and run from there???
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install to fat partition
Why dont they do it if its everybody's wish. It woud be really a good next tep for linux newbies after exploring the run fom cd option ( and faster!)
Hythum
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install to fat partition
Why dont they do it if its everybody's wish. It woud be really a good next tep for linux newbies after exploring the run fom cd option ( and faster!)
Hythum
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Peace
Same problem for me, I just tried to install on a new machine right out of the box and no luck. Go to GENERAL SUPPORT and read my post under printing on page 2
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I got an Idea
I have an idea that might work (in theory). You know how when you can't boot knoppix from a CD by changing the bios settings so you have to use a boot floppy. In theory, couldn't you change the boot settings on the floppy to point at eg. a folder on your harddrive containing the knoppix CD and the certain files needed to boot it instead of the CD-rom? This could possibly run Knoppix a lot faster and give you the ability to save any settings or files.
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HD boot
There must be a way to boot off the hard drive as if it were the CD-ROM drive. I copied the Knoppix CD to a folder on my FAT32 hard drive after reading in a post that it should work, and made the boot floppy from the Knoppix CD, but Knoppix couldn't find the folder on the HD. I did not look at the files on the floppy. Maybe they can be altered to point Knoppix to the HD. After all, the files are the same whether they are on CD or floppy, right?
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I'll try it
I'm going to try copying the Knoppix CD to the HD and try to edit the floppy boot disk. I'll get back to you all after I've tried it.
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Will not work / will never work
I am sorry guys!
But running linux from Fat32 will never work. For example, linux is using symbolic links, Fat doesn't support that.
But why are you guys using FAT anyway?
Never heard of NTFS ?
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Re: Feature wanted: Run Knoppix from hd
Originally Posted by
Jaap Aap (Jape Ape)
Is there some undetected feature that lets's one just copy the whole cd to either a blank or formatted harddisk and run from there???
It's not an undected feature - it was discussed here and in www.linuxtag.org/forum several times.
Just mount the knoppix cdrom in windows,
---------------- sorry this is wrong ------------------
make a c:\knoppix dir and
copy the contents of the cd to c:\knoppix.
------------------------ use this instead ---------------------
copy the \knoppix dir from the cd to c:\
Make a boot floppy with mkfloppy.bat.
:P And - using the boot floppy knoppix will boot from your FAT partition
of cause it's not running from FAT - its running from the decompressed C:\knoppix\knoppix.
It's just like booting from cdrom - and you can use your cd drive or burner.
It's also possible to run knoppix this way without a boot disk, using a linux boot manager (lilo or grub)
but that's another story.
tom
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