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See: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/knoppixhks/index.html
Whats different about this book compared to others is, that many great Hackers of knoppix fame have contributed to that book. (including me, but I don't know if I am that great)
Have fun.
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Fabian
Wow, dude -- you've hit the big time! Congratulations.
(Damn! Not out until October.)
imho u're great ;-) without you there whoulnt be such a nice installer script...Quote:
Originally Posted by Fabianx
Hi. I'm Kyle Rankin, the author of the book. Like Fabian said, this book is in many ways a product of the Knoppix community, and many of the members of major Knoppix and Knoppix-based projects have discussed their projects in their own words, so you get the info from the horse's mouth so to speak :)
I hope everyone enjoys the book when it comes out, and that you find it useful. I lurk here from time to time, so feel free to ask here or on #knoppix (I'm greenfly in there as well) if you have any questions about the book.
Hi,
This is looking good... Any Table of contents coming up soon?
- Jostein
I imagine O'Reilly will post some sample hacks and such in the days to come, but I can give you a general overview.Quote:
Originally Posted by jostber
Chapter 1: Booting Knoppix -- A lot of different hacks using cheat codes to get Knoppix booted on a system
Chapter 2: Use Knoppix As Your Desktop OS -- Introduces a new Linux user to the Knoppix desktop and the primary desktop apps it has
Chapter 3: Tweak Your Desktop -- This covers live software installation, creating persistent settings, and other desktop tweaks
Chapter 4: Install Debian with Knoppix -- Like the title says, this chapter has different hacks that cover the Knoppix installer in different scenarios (single-boot, dual-boot) including how to turn the Knoppix install into pure Debian "unstable" afterwards.
Chapter 5: Put Knoppix in Your Toolbox -- This covers a wide range of hacks for a sysadmin, such as using Knoppix for an emergency router, webserver, and using Knoppix to image and audit systems for security.
Chapter 6: Repair Linux -- This chapter covers Linux-specific repairs you can do with Knoppix such as step-by-step through restoring lilo and grub, fixing lost or corrupted MBRs and partition tables, and how to install packages on an underlying Linux system
Chapter 7: Recover Windows -- This chapter is like the previous, only with a focus on fixing Windows. It goes over things like fixing boot.ini, scanning for viruses, blanking Admin passwords, and even editing the registry--all with Knoppix
Chapter 8: Knoppix Reloaded -- This chapter goes over many of the popular live CDs including Morphix, ClusterKnoppix, Quantian, Knoppix-STD, and a lot of others. When possible these hacks are actually written by the creators of the project.
Chapter 9: Knoppix Remastered -- This chapter goes step-by-step through the Knoppix remastering process, including tips to keep the file size down, and how to use Klaus's scripts to automate the process.
Hope this helps :)
Congrats.
On top of it. Already have my copy pre-ordered!
:)
I have to make a knoppix remaster at the moment. If I would buy your book it would because of chapter 9. Are there many new tipps about it? Or could we found all we need in the internet, too?Quote:
Chapter 9: Knoppix Remastered -- This chapter goes step-by-step through the Knoppix remastering process, including tips to keep the file size down, and how to use Klaus's scripts to automate the process.
Chapter 7 looks very intriguing.
Moustache
The first hack is somewhat similar to what you would find in the Knoppix.net howto, however it's reorganized to provide better separation between the source and master directories, and it's (I think) easier to follow. Other hacks involve how to shrink down file size, which is something you could find a bit here on this forum, and a bit if you read through all the Debian documentation I suppose, but the hack that covers Klaus's scripts is as-of-yet undocumented in any other book or on the Internet. Also there are hacks for remastering Morphix in the chapter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeaq
Any idea on when this will be released? O'Reilly still says Oct. and Amazon etc... just says "Not Yet Released". Can't wait for this to come out...
The scheduled release date is October 27. Hope you like it :)Quote:
Originally Posted by MaldiGola
Thanks Greenfly! I'm already pre-ordered at Amazon. I'm hoping it will answer many of the questions I have regarding Knoppix plus lots of other cool tips and tricks. :D
Searching for this book in amazon.co.uk I came accross another book:
Knoppix Komplete
by Samuel Hart, Sam Hart
A little information is available here:
http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/kk.htm
That is due out in 2005. There is no details there. Anyone know anything?
Tim
Greenfly I was just reading some of the sample hacks and I may be way off here , but the stuff in the sample hacks seems to geared to the beginner level user. Is there more techinical info provided ?? Guess I am asking what user level is the book geared towards?
Oh cool they threw those up. Thanks for letting me know about that.Quote:
Originally Posted by aahicnow
Well some of the ones they posted were a bit simpler (ie the Migrate to a New Hard Drive is probably the most technical one that is listed) but I would say that hack is in the "Intermediate" range for the book. The first couple of chapters are aimed more for beginners, the middle sysadmin chapters are aimed at Intermediate and Expert users (and yes there are more expert-level hacks in there, we just didn't list them as sample hacks). The end of the book remastering hacks are either Intermediate or Expert level.
Some of the more Expert-level hacks cover topics such as how to create your own live-install programs (Fabian wrote that one) creating emergency routers, web, file, and other servers, wardriving with Knoppix, collecting forensics data, editing the Windows registry, and a number of hacks covering software RAID.
Really I've tried to give something for everybody in the book. Beginners will have info they need to use Knoppix without being lost, experienced sysadmin will find nice tricks to save them time and do a lot of the common rescue CD tasks all from Knoppix, and even expert Knoppix users should learn things from the more advanced hacks (apparently even Klaus learned some stuff he didn't know was possible when he read it).
It'll be in stores October 27th, so if you are unsure that you want to preorder you can always flip through it in the bookstore :)
Update: I'm trying to get a more advanced hack up there, so check the page over the next few days.
Thanks for the response greenfly, I was not to sure about spending over 50.00 can on a beginners book. But from what you are saying it should be worth it.
Does anyone know how to get Hack #78 to work thru a proxy server and with an ftp gateway that uses the form of: usernameofremoteserver@fqdnof mygateway ?
This would be very helpful at my work. Especially since we require all visitors with laptops to run a full virus scan while unplugged from the network (supervised by our IT staff).
Greenfly?
Someone recently emailed me about this actually. This particular thread probably isn't the best place to cover this, but I'll give you a quick response based on what I told that person.Quote:
Originally Posted by MaldiGola
If you are behind a proxy, probably your only options are to examine the f-prot install script and see if there's a way to add proxy support to the command-line tools it uses to grab the files (I don't have it handy to search through).
Otherwise you can download it from home, and saveconfig (and be sure to save your local settings) and it will cache those f-prot files so that when you boot on a machine at work with that usb key or whatever media you saved to, you will have the files cached locally.
A quick update. The book has made it to Safari for those of you who have an account there. Also preorders should start being shipped from the 25-27th of October, and it should start appearing in stores then as well.
Book hit Barnes and Noble Friday the 5th in my area and Boarders "should" have it on the shelf around the 10th. Got my copy and just starting on it.
Richard-
Saw in a Barnes and Noble and decided to order from Amazon today. $20 is more than a good deal for such a well thought-out book. I can't wait for my copy to get in.
Knoppix rules!
My review of "Knoppix Hacks" is posted at NewsForge.com http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?.../11/11/1843238.
Many thanks to Kyle Rankin and O'Reilly for bringing Knoppix to the masses.
James Pryor
Hi James, thanks for the review.Quote:
Originally Posted by UnderScore
By the way, my explanation for including the 3.4 Knoppix is in Hack #2. It was a tough call. Basically I could have included 3.6 (the latest official version) but it seemed rather unstable and at the time even things such as klik weren't working so I opted to drop back to the stablest version.
Yeah, I spotted that in the book & I agree with your choice. I figured I would mention the version just to let people know that Knoppix is included with the book.Quote:
Originally Posted by greenfly
Congrats on a job well done.
James
This being my first post here I'm happy to say that "Knoppix Hacks" has been a pleasant experience since picking it up at a "Borders" here in Michigan.
Knoppix Hacks hit the front page of Slashdot this afternoon.
I bought this book last week. Actually I bought two. It makes a great Christmas gift for that Windows friend that is thinking about trying Linux. It comes with a copy of Knoppix. I am very impressed with all of the possibilities it brings to mind. Things that I would have never even considered are explained and made simple.
Great job!
Hey Kyle,
Great book! When can we expect the sequel?
Thanks! This book is just barely out right now so I'd imagine it will be a few years before it needs an upgrade :)Quote:
Originally Posted by The-Big-E
I really enjoyed it. Some hacks are very relevant to my interests. I am itching to try the Kiosk, #24, but have been on the road, etc.
I haven't been able to dig out the Kiosk from the forums, it may be burried there but very much obfucated. You laid it out very clearly.
Not an upgrade I am talking about hacks 101-200Quote:
Originally Posted by greenfly
I'm no expert at Linux or Knoppix, but I must say that I just bought this book and it is fantastic. I highly recommend it to everyone.
Excellent work Kyle :-) It has all the things I keep forgetting (bought mine on the Linux Expo in the Netherlands)
the remastering section is great.
Any thought to the upgrade, yet? If yes, I would not mind contributing; how would I go about doing that?Quote:
Originally Posted by greenfly
Funny you should say that, I'm near the end up the update to Knoppix Hacks right now! Plans are for it to be out this fall. Unfortunately it's too late for you to be able to contribute, but perhaps next time :)Quote:
Originally Posted by SiKing
So what do I do, so that I dont miss out "next time"?Quote:
Originally Posted by greenfly
Honestly that's tough for me to say. There are a limited number of hacks aren't written by me, and for the most part those hacks are written by the creator of a project (for instance Klik) about their project. The majority of the hacks I write myself.Quote:
Originally Posted by SiKing
Are you in involved in Knoppix development or the creator of a Knoppix-based live CD? If what you are involved in makes for a useful hack, and particularly if you have writing experience, it would increase the likelihood that you might be asked to contribute if another edition comes out.
-Kyle
None of that. I'm just some guy that started poking around too much into one feature of Knoppix, because it did not do what I wanted it to do - persistent home and configuration, hack #21 I believe. :) I have some ideas on how to enhance it, and how to hack it up (in the spirit of your book).Quote:
Originally Posted by greenfly