Knoppix 3.1 -----copying to harddisk

Hi,
I'm a newbie to Linux and trying to shift to it.I heard Knoppiix
can be copied to an existing windows partition and can be booted
from there("Knowing Knoppix
From Wikibooks").

Ive got a Knoppix 3.1 Live CD and my PC runs on WinME.
I put the CD in the drive and when the cursor appears at "boot:"
I typed in
knoppix tohd=/dev/hda1
but it says "you passed an undefined mode number" and starts
from cd itself.What should i do??

Also plz refer me any good freely dnldable Guide to Knoppix and
a good Linux Tutorial(i mean Linux commands).
One more qtn plz is there any means to obtain a latest Knoppix
live cd by post??

We have written up frequently asked questions & how to guides at our Wiki, http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/
In the HD Install How To http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Hd_Install_HowTo it recommends to get the latest Knoppix versionl. You are running version 3.1 which is quite old. You might be able to install it, but updating & maintaining a older version is not easy.

If you have questions, then you can search the forums for answers because in most cases it has already been asked & answered by other people. If you search the forums for books you will find posts that I have written about books about knoppix. There is a fantastic free new PDF downloadable magazine designed for newbies, Tux magazine. See http://www.tuxmagazine.com/ and http://www.tuxmagazine.com/xstatic/subs. There is a post in the forums that has helpful linux commands http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2398 and there are MANY guides out on the web. Use google and serach for keywords like: linux commands guide

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Originally Posted by ku637

but it says "you passed an undefined mode number" and starts
from cd itself.What should i do??

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This is cause by the kernel trying to run in a higher resolution mode. Hitting number zero '0' or just waiting will make it continue to boot up.

Knoppix boots with a splash screen. At that splash screen you can enter codes which will force Knoppix to do certain things. Theses codes are known as Cheat Codes. You may need to enter some codes that allow it to make sure of your system's hardware. You may need to boot it with:
knoppix vga=normal