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    Running without HD

    I want to run Knoppix on my laptop without a hard drive, is this possible?

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    Yeah, it works fine. I have a box setup without a hd now, which is the box I use for my wireless networking stuff.

    There's really no difference between running with or without a hd, except for storing large files. A floppy works good for the 2 config file I need.

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    Re: Running without HD

    Quote Originally Posted by Levon
    I want to run Knoppix on my laptop without a hard drive, is this possible?
    If you have 128MB or more RAM and the laptop is supported, sure. You can then use a floppy to store your settings.

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    The laptop has about 16 megabytes RAM, what do you think?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Levon
    The laptop has about 16 megabytes RAM, what do you think?
    I think it will run in text-mode, but no GUI. If it really came with 16 MB, I think it's too old to run anything useful. What brand/model is it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Levon
    The laptop has about 16 megabytes RAM, what do you think?
    YIKES! The only distro I know of that isn't antiquated and has X windows AND would run on 16M is mulinux

    It's not terribly hard to install- it's not Knoppix but if you take your time it should work out for you. I have it on an 8M laptop and yes- it boots xwindows. More of a toy than anything tho- great project/learning experience however.

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    Loper said a few posts back that with out a HD Knoppix ran fine using the floppy for storage.

    Which version was that 3.1 or 3.2 because I can't save my settings on 3.2? It it me or is 3.1 better than 3.2 in floppy usage?

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    Tim

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    It can be done.

    Yeah, I just booted with 'knoppix 2' from my p-100mhz with 16 megs of ram, no HD. It booted up fine, and runs fine to this day. Apache doesn't take up alot of ram!

    - Ambrose

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    I had problems trying out the early editions of V3.2 also. I haven't tried late May or June versions yet. My problem was that I could not use CUPS. I would write some code in KATE, configure a printer in CUPS, then go to print from KATE and KDECrashHandler catches KATE!

    Regards,

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    Kate seems to be a little buggy... for example...

    Within a script, I call kate /var/log/iamanidiotlog
    Then I execute the bash script, and it works...

    If you call the script with 'sudo' first, kate crashes.

    This can get quite anoying! I've just put a sudo in front of everything in my script, except for the kate part.

    - Ambrose

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