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new Kanotix version 06-2004
Hi all:
A new version of Kanotix is out.
DL at:
ftp://debian.tu-bs.de/kanotix/KANOTI...ER-06-2004.iso
".. improved hardware detection Many new WLAN drivers including ACX100 (PCMCIA), Centrino, and Ndiswrapper to use Windows drivers. Hard disk install now uses GRUB bootloader as default. Latest Debian/Sid for the rest as usual. . ."
Bob
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KANOTIX: Captive NTFS, GRUB, 10-minute DEBIAN HD Install
Apart from having Kernel 2.6.6 and Captive NTFS support, and a full Knoppix desktop, and more besides, KANOTIX also provides a ten-minute HD installation of clean DEBIAN.
To summarize KANOTIX info:
KANOTIX BUG HUNTER 06/2004 RELEASE: This is a Linux Live CD based on KNOPPIX technology using mostly pure Debian/sid, which includes Kernel 2.6.6, ACPI and DMA enabled by default (can be disabled with acpi=off respectively nodma), i586 optimization, AVM Fritz!Card DSL support, Eagle USB DSL support, KDE 3.2.2, OpenOffice 1.1.1, Captive 1.1.5 (NTFS Read-Write), ALSA (included in kernel), GRUB boot loader for CD start - ideal for rescue in command line mode, Memtest86+ - Advanced Memory Diagnostic Tool in the extra menu of the boot loader. Note the Captuve-NTFS and GRUB boot loader features. By using GRUB, I experience no live boot problems with otherwise difficult or impossible DVD/CD-ROM drives.
KANOTIX notes: "Don't try to write to NTFS partitions using the standard NTFS driver included with the kernel, as its support for writing is very lacking, thus it could destroy the partition and the data in it. There is a new Captive NTFS driver that does a better job at writing to NTFS, so use it instead. For FAT partitions you can enable write-access with the context menu (right mouse button). You may not have the rights to modify Linux partitions, use the root mode in konsole if needed. Some links are not working in the menu - that is not my fault - the packages from Debian/sid are very new and may have some little bugs, but you can always use new releases. If you find other bugs feel free to post them in the forum."
Information: http://kanotix.com/info/index.php
download: ftp://debian.tu-bs.de/kanotix/
download: http://debian.tu-bs.de/kanotix/
download: ftp://ftp.fbihome.de/linux/kanotix/KANOTIX-current/
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It is also worthy to note that Kanotix Bug Hunter 6 does NOT have an SMP kernel.
The GRUB menu can also be used to boot existing Linux hdd installs.
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Anyone have experience with grub? I've been using lilo in the mbr for my KNOPPIX hdinstall dual-boot PCs lately. How's using grub in KANOTIX different?
TIA,
AJG
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Originally Posted by
A. Jorge Garcia
Anyone have experience with grub? I've been using lilo in the mbr for my KNOPPIX hdinstall dual-boot PCs lately. How's using grub in KANOTIX different?
TIA,
AJG
grub kicks butt man!
Wanna try it out for yourself?
apt-get install grub
update-grub
reboot (just to see it in action)
You'll just have to use it a bit to see why it's better. You won't go back to lilo.
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im a lilo oldschool myself but the way grub has been used in kanotix is exceptional.... you can choose resolution..language and 1001 other cheatcodes straight from a GUI type ....
you gotta see it.... IMHO to appreciate it.
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I am a LILOlady myself...fear grub as fear of unknown. Lilo is the only boot manager I have ever used. Would like to triple boot BH6 with my existing (and much much much LOVED main install of BH4) and the much needed W98SE for graphics for work. Anybody want to give a grub newbie pointers on how not to blow it on a harddrive install of BH6 (while keeping BH4 as default) and 98. The 98 and fat32 covers 3 partitions on primary disk. Knoppix and BH4 cover 3 partitions on secondary hard disk, each have own partition and they share the linux swap partition of that disk. I would overwrite the Knoppix with BH6. Currently Lilo manages BH4 and 98SE, knoppix I access with a floppy (as my attempts as to adding it to the boot choices were an abysmal failure )
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Go ahead and install Kanotix. GRUB will automatically add all kernels (and windows partitions) it finds to /boot/grub/menu.lst.
In the unlikely event that you can't get GRUB to work corerectly you can use the Kanotix cd to boot any of your partitions too.
Please join us in #kanotix
Here is my menu.lst
Code:
## ## End Default Options ##
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda1 ro
savedefault
boot
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda1 ro single
savedefault
boot
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.7-kanotix
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.7-kanotix root=/dev/hda1 ro
savedefault
boot
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.7-kanotix (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.7-kanotix root=/dev/hda1 ro single
savedefault
boot
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.7
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.7 root=/dev/hda1 ro
savedefault
boot
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.7 (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.7 root=/dev/hda1 ro single
savedefault
boot
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.26-1-k7
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.26-1-k7 root=/dev/hda1 ro
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.4.26-1-k7
savedefault
boot
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.26-1-k7 (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.26-1-k7 root=/dev/hda1 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.4.26-1-k7
savedefault
boot
### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
title BH06
root (hd0,9)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.6-kanotix-2 root=/dev/hda10 ro
savedefault
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Originally Posted by
mzilikazi
In the unlikely event that you can't get GRUB to work corerectly you can use the Kanotix cd to boot any of your partitions too.
With LILO, booting an installed distro from the CD is a very simple matter, and as a result I haven't made a boot floppy in a long time. At the CD boot prompt:
vmlinuz root=/dev/hda8 noinitrd ro
and it hits the CD for a couple of seconds so it can find the root directory, and then boots from the hard drive as normal. (Depending on the distro, the kernel may be named vmlinuz, linux, knoppix. Use what you need.) I can do this with GRUB, but it involves editing the menu and is much more complicated.
If there is a simple way to boot a GRUB CD, I would like to know what it is. Thanks.
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