where did my 4gig dl go?

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Sorry, forum limit of 5 files ... so here's the last one

[Werner P. Schulz]

..removed the previously booted usb stick.. (7.2.0)

You cannot use V7.2.0 to create a flash disk install V7.4.0! (My posting #7). The script "flash-knoppix" doesn't take care of the additional parameter "KNOPPIX...iso"!

Boot with your DVD V7.4.2 and do the flash disk install.

The output of "df -h" is ok. At '/mnt-system' are the files of the boot-process and the big file (4GB) of the compressed filesystem KNOPPIX; 'KNOPPIX-DATA is your overlay partition (3GB).

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You cannot use V7.2.0 to create a flash disk install V7.4.0! (My posting #7).

With respect Werner, your post #7 actually said ...

With "flash disk install" you can only create a Knoppix installation to an USB device of the running Knoppix version, not of other versions.

You did not actually mention the "flash-knoppix" utility - which i assumed would work as the example shown implies, i.e. using the iso file named on the util call line.
Especially as the usage instructions for "flash-knoppix" are contained in a section headed "Computers without DVD" and state "just add the name of the .iso file as commandline parameter to flash-knoppix"
<full text shown below>

Computers without DVD drive
The  flash-knoppix script since Knoppix 7.4.0 supports on-the-fly conversion  of a DVD ISO image for direct flashing of a USB pendrive or disk. By  using this, the intermediate step of burning a DVD and booting from it,  can be skipped. For burning a CD or DVD, only one single .iso file  matching your language and version choice, is sufficient. For using this  feature, just add the name of the .iso file as commandline parameter to  flash-knoppix like this: flash-knoppix  KNOPPIX_V7.4.1DVD-2014-09-28-EN.iso

Above text, which was my bible (as mentioned in my initial post), was taken from:

http://knopper.net/knoppix/knoppix742-en.html

Furthermore, i had said:

I had seen the different methods of flash install, however, i had booted from an older vers of Knoppix (7.2.0) that i already had on a pen/thumb/usb/flash/?? drive and i wanted to "burn" the latest (7.4.2) to a usb pluggable drive. Therefore, i couldn't select "Knoppix => Install KNOPPIX to flash disk" from the menu.
As i understood it, and please correct me if i'm wrong, in these circumstances the flash-knoppix util should be used, i.e. "burn" a dl'd iso, rather than the booted system, to a usb plugable drive.

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The script "flash-knoppix" doesn't take care of the additional parameter "KNOPPIX...iso"!

OK, i hear what you are saying, however, that would seem to mean that the documentation (as shown above) is wrong.


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Boot with your DVD V7.4.2 and do the flash disk install.

There's just a tiny problem here ...

Although i didn't want to burn the 7.4.2 iso to dvd, after reading your post i did just that (running system was knoppix 7.2.0 booted from a usb plugable drive). the burn completed successfully but the dvd would not boot. I later burned another dvd (using basero running on an antiX MX-14 system), again the burn ended without error but it would not boot.

if i can't burn a working 7.4.2 dvd and...i can't use the flash-knoppix util </SNIP>...what should i do?

[Werner P. Schulz]

Especially as the usage instructions for "flash-knoppix" are contained in a section headed "Computers without DVD" and state "just add the name of the .iso file as commandline parameter to flash-knoppix"

Thank you for this hint. Therefore I looked over the script "flash-knoppix" in the different Knoppix versions and found since V7.4.1 a new funktion within the script

usage(){ echo "Usage: $0 [-a] [-f] [-m i|p|n] [-p mb] [image|dir] [target_device]" >&2
 echo "       -a            Allow fixed disks" >&2
 echo "       -f            Force overwrite, no questions (batch mode)" >&2
 echo "       -m i          Method: Create overlay image" >&2
 echo "       -m p          Method: Create overlay partition (recommended)" >&2
 echo "       -m n          Method: No overlay (read only)" >&2
 echo "       -p mb         Overlay partition or image size in MB >= 200"  >&2
 echo "       image.iso     Loopmount source ISO file" >&2
 echo "       dir           Source data directory containing files" >&2
 echo "       target_device Destination block device (flash disk)"  >&2
 exit 1
}

You can see the possible additional parameters with

flash-knoppix --help

With elderly Knoppix versions this doesn't work. In the next days I'll supplement the Wiki.

[utu]

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Greetings, Werner.

Thanks for pointing out the recent changes in Knoppix in regard
to flash-knoppix operations on hard disks.

It seems that Klaus K has recently expanded the usage options of the
flash-knoppix main menu choice. Additional choices now appear when
an initial choice to allow hard disks as objects on which to apply
flash-knoppix operations. These additional choices (may) require
additional parameters to be specified.

I think it would be advisable to include the flash-knoppix help/usage menu
as a new stanza in knoppix-cheatcodes.txt as a bare minimum
documentation of the availability of these options.

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Thank you for this hint.

You are very welcome Werner, only too glad that my problems actually helped.It's also great to know that this old man still has the knack of finding a problem were none previously existed Thanks for all your help ... plus your willingness and skills to help.Kenn

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For a more readable version of the previous post, read on ...

You are very welcome Werner, i am only too glad that my problems actually helped.

It is also great to know that this old man still has the knack of finding a problem were none previously existed

Thanks for all your help ... plus your willingness and skills to help.
Kenn