coLinux and QEMU/Windows with KNOPPIX

[suzaki]

We customize new Japanese KNOPPIX with coLinux and QEMU/Windows.

New Japanese KNOPPIX includes "coLinux+cygwin/X" installer and
batch-file to boot coLinux with KNOPPIX-CD. It enables us to use
KNOPPIX on coLinux with cygwin/X. The detail is described in the
following URL.
http://unit.aist.go.jp/it/knoppix/colinux/index-en.html

QEMU/Widows can run KNOPPIX on Windows2000/XP. It doesn't need to
install, because KNOPPIX can boot from CD-ROM on QEMU. Furthermore it
doesn't require Administrator. It is very convenient. The detail is
described in the following URL.
http://unit.aist.go.jp/it/knoppix/qemu/index-en.html

Iso image is downloadable from following URL.
ftp://ring.aist.go.jp/pub/linux/knoppix/iso/knoppix_v3.4_20040517-20040820.iso
http://ring.aist.go.jp/pub/linux/knoppix/iso/knoppix_v3.4_20040517-20040820.iso
Bittorrent is also available.
http://http://unit.aist.go.jp/it/knoppix/knoppix_v3.4_20040517-20040820.iso.torrent
MD5: d872effcc85721e663b7afd0d0076a17

Have fun. :-)

If you include "/colinx" and "/qemu-0.6.0-windows" to your customized KNOPPIX, it will work.
Please try. And tell me the results. :-)

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suzaki

[baldyeti]

Thank you suzaki, this is very interesting.

But I already have colinux installed, and occasionally use it to start my HD-installed linux under XP.
Would you have a howto or at least xml config files for booting the regular knoppix cd using my already installed and working colinux?

[pau1knopp]

Any issues if we need english unicode and keyboard (i.e. will knoppix lang=us still work)?

Sounds very interesting, would like to try your effort before remastering.

Regards,

~pau1

[suzaki]

baldyeti,

4 XML files for coLinix is included in /coLinux of CD-ROM.
knoppix-ja.colinux.xml
knoppix.colinux.xml
knoppix_light-ja.colinux.xml
knoppix_light.colinux.xml

The XML files is selected by two batch files to boot colinux with KNOPPIX.
knoppix-256M.bat (desktop is KDE)
knoppix_light-128M.bat (desktop is wmaker)
The language is selected by page code. If you want to use English message absolutely, plase set page set CODE PAGE "473".
windows-prompt> chcp 473

Please refer our HP for the detail.
http://unit.aist.go.jp/it/knoppix/colinux/index-en.html

[suzaki]

Paul,

Do you want to use KNOPPIX on QEMU?
"lang=us" option is effective on our iso-image.

If you remaster with our "/qemu-0.6.0-windows" directory, you will not use lang option.
Please try. :-)

[markcs]

Suzaki,

Does the knoppix colinux installation assume that knoppix is already installed on a seperate partion? Is there a way to get knoppix to work with colinux without creating a new partion, but rather a use a large file ontop of the windows file system as some other distibutions have done (ie Fedora, Gentoo etc)?

Thanks

[olivers]

Suzaki,

Does the knoppix colinux installation assume that knoppix is already installed on a seperate partion? Is there a way to get knoppix to work with colinux without creating a new partion, but rather a use a large file ontop of the windows file system as some other distibutions have done (ie Fedora, Gentoo etc)?

Thanks

Markcs,
The docs on their site suggest you can do this. You need to use the version of colinux on the japan-knoppix CD though, because you need a coLinux kernel that supports the Knoppix compresed filesystem (cloop)

[wgz]

1. download undisker 1.2 (991kb). (to make iso file from cd)
from here: http://www.undisker.com/downloads/undisker.exe
2. download Qemu (I use qemu.0.7.2-2Mb)
from here :http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/download.html
4. download linux-test-0.5.1.tar.gz(6MB) for extract file linux.img
3. Linux CD (I use knoppix 3.2)

Step 1. Make iso file
after download & installed undisker.
open undisker.
put your linux cd to cdrom drive.
make iso files by select image menu, choose capture CD-ROM, saved with

wheneveritis.iso (ex.linux-img.iso)

Step 2. extract linux.img from linux-test-0.5.1.tar.gz file

Step 3. copy & paste this line and saved to qm.bat
qemu -L .\bios -hda linux.img -cdrom linux-img.iso -boot d -localtime

THAT'S IT..is EAZY.!!!
you don't have to download knoppix-japanese.iso!! just make it yourself

[Azariah]

Hi.

I have recently acquired Knoppix v5.0.1 and was wondering if anyone knew how to boot this version of Knoppix inside XP. I have tried editing the qemu-win.bat file like this:


REM Start qemu on windows.
@ECHO OFF

REM SDL_VIDEODRIVER=directx is faster than windib. But keyboard cannot work well.
SET SDL_VIDEODRIVER=windib

REM SDL_AUDIODRIVER=waveout or dsound can be used. Only if QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=sdl.
SET SDL_AUDIODRIVER=dsound

REM QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=dsound or fmod or sdl or none can be used. See qemu -audio-help.
SET QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=dsound

REM QEMU_AUDIO_LOG_TO_MONITOR=1 displays log messages in QEMU monitor.
SET QEMU_AUDIO_LOG_TO_MONITOR=0

qemu.exe -L . -m 128 -hda KNOPPIX_V5.0.1CD-2006-06-01-EN -soundhw all -localtime


And also pasting KNOPPIX_V5.0.1CD-2006-06-01-EN into qemu-0.8.1-windows-3 Directory. (same as original linux.img file)


But a quick cmd window comes up then closes itself.

[malaire]

I have recently acquired Knoppix v5.0.1 and was wondering if anyone knew how to boot this version of Knoppix inside XP. I have tried editing the qemu-win.bat file like this:


marx told how to do that with free VMWare Player at
http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=105180#105180

[Azariah]

Thanks for your help malaire. Everything is working now. It's much faster than booting from cd each time I use it. ;-D

There is a couple questions tho. I seemed to like the look of qemu so is it possible for an easy fix? VMware tends to take up lots of ram on my machine. Will it be the same with any emulation software due to running two OS's at the same time?