Results 1 to 5 of 5

Thread: Knoppix on a DVD?

  1. #1

    Knoppix on a DVD?

    Has anyone tried using a DVDr to run Knoppix? Once I get a CD customised the way I need it, I am going to try.

  2. #2
    Senior Member registered user
    Join Date
    Jan 2003
    Location
    42.3° N 122.9° W
    Posts
    166
    The main advantage I see would to have over twice the room for apps and kernel variants without having to use the compression algorithms to slow down performance.

    Main con: Won't work on older systems with hardware constraints that prevent using DVD. (Like my PPro200 SMP box)

  3. #3
    Member registered user
    Join Date
    Nov 2002
    Posts
    73
    another con is price of media, price of burner, not everyone has dvd drivers, and i dont know about this one, but can u boot from dvd?

  4. #4
    Senior Member registered user
    Join Date
    Nov 2002
    Posts
    1,353
    I have also heard Mr Knopper say that the larger Knoppix becomes the slower it will become since Knoppix is basically one big file on the CD that has to be uncompressed. Having said this I don't know how much slower things would get and if it would be an issue. I suppose memory would be a big factor here.

  5. #5
    Member registered user
    Join Date
    Jan 2003
    Location
    Northridge, California
    Posts
    48

    go for it

    I really hope someone makes a dvd knoppix distro. So maybe in 1-2 years when DVD disks are $0.25, you can then have a system where you never need to download or install a program. That is very possible.

    For example you might have 1,000 games to play. 50 which are 3-D with the quality of quake. The only problem would be cleaning out all the buggy programs and have them all in the kde menu.

    I would say 50 percent of windows users never get past solitare and explorer. Just imagine if they had that choice.

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  


VINTAGE DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION DEC VT131 TERMINAL AS-IS picture

VINTAGE DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION DEC VT131 TERMINAL AS-IS

$339.99



VINTAGE DIGITAL DEC KEYBOARD LK401-EA UNTESTED AS-IS #73 picture

VINTAGE DIGITAL DEC KEYBOARD LK401-EA UNTESTED AS-IS #73

$31.99



Vintage Harris S550 Front Control Panel Console w/ Key, DEC PDP picture

Vintage Harris S550 Front Control Panel Console w/ Key, DEC PDP

$2379.15



*NEW UNOPENED* Vintage DEC LB-5923 Keyboard picture

*NEW UNOPENED* Vintage DEC LB-5923 Keyboard

$40.00



VINTAGE Digital Terminal Monitor Model DEC VT320  Powers On Black & White Screen picture

VINTAGE Digital Terminal Monitor Model DEC VT320 Powers On Black & White Screen

$99.00



DEC  PDP 8/M  PDP 8M / 4 avail / Vintage Digital Equipment Corp /Also DEC PDP 12 picture

DEC PDP 8/M PDP 8M / 4 avail / Vintage Digital Equipment Corp /Also DEC PDP 12

$5775.00



Vintage DIGITAL DEC MICROVAX II - 630QZ-A2 picture

Vintage DIGITAL DEC MICROVAX II - 630QZ-A2

$2000.00



VINTAGE Digital DEC VT320 with LK201 keyboard = Black & White Monitor Screen picture

VINTAGE Digital DEC VT320 with LK201 keyboard = Black & White Monitor Screen

$199.00



Vintage DEC/The Redac mini cabinet front panel Digital Equipment Corp. 19

Vintage DEC/The Redac mini cabinet front panel Digital Equipment Corp. 19"

$269.99



Vintage DEC/CLEARPOINT INC. -QRAM-2 SAB-1 1MB Q-BUS MEMORY MSV11-QA (B2) picture

Vintage DEC/CLEARPOINT INC. -QRAM-2 SAB-1 1MB Q-BUS MEMORY MSV11-QA (B2)

$129.99