Saving state in Knoppix 6.4

[Charlie Foxtrot]

Thanks, but this old Dell 8200 isn't going to boot off a thumb drive.

Charlie

[Forester]

Thanks, but this old Dell 8200 isn't going to boot off a thumb drive.

That certainly qualifies as one of the special cases.

Here's the first workaround.

- install to USB
- reboot with both the CD and the USB 'plugged' in
- when the first (the vitruvian) penguin appears with the boot: prompt at the bottom enter ...

knoppix fromhd=/dev/sdb1

and the Knoppix image on the USB should be boot (instead of the image on the CD) and you should be asked if you want to create a persistent store.

If this works you will have to repeat the process each time you boot, which seems a bit naff I know, but avoiding having to type in the cheatcode is a little more involved.

If this doesn't work you may need to use a different letter than b with the cheatcode. I'm assuming you've only one harddrive that will be /dev/sda and only one thumb drive that will be /dev/sdb (the CD will /dev/sr0 I expect).


Hope this helps.

[Werner P. Schulz]

... with kn-bootcd you can create a CD which only start Isolinux. The init-script of Isolinux seeks for the next available compressed KNOPPIX and (if exist) knoppix-data.img.

If your USB-stick has no knoppix-data.img and there is enough free space, you will be prompted to create a persistent memory.

My problem seems to be that I had a failed opportunity for the remaining 1.2 gig to get formatted while loading this thumb drive for this first time, but it was taking too long and so I stopped midway because it was taking way too much time to format all that space.

Delete the corrupted, not formatted knoppix-data.img. Next time be patient!

Greetings Werner * http://www.wp-schulz.de/knoppix/summary.html
Own Rescue-CD with Knoppix (Knoppix V6.4.4 remaster)

[knoppkicks]

Knoppix 6.4.3

I took your advice and was patient, but not without being very observant of important issues that need to be resolved:

- It seems the LXDE STARTMENU --->Preferences----> "install KNOPPIX to flash disk" selection needs improvement.

1. It does not adequetely format my usb flash drive. It had to be wiped completely using something like gparted or something else, and then formated.

2. It does not have a good completion dialogue box and seems to run in the background without reporting whether or not the knoppix installation is complete. I discovered this by assuming it was finished when there were no more dialogue boxes, but failing to boot the usb. Versus leaving my computer alone for a few hours after the installation started.

3. When finally booting from USB, the dialogue box prompting the user to type the memory allocated for "saving STATE" dissappears WAY TOO FAST, and once this is selected, this option never appears again when booting. How does one adjust the space or replace it altogether if the selected size is unsatisfactory? I imagine this would be frustrating to some people.

[Werner P. Schulz]

... all tested with CD 6.4.4: after start of "install KNOPPIX to flash disk" and your [Ok] the USB-Stick will be (quick-)formatted within 1 second. Writing data to stick needs time of ca 4-5 minutes; you'll see the progress in "%". After that you get for about 4 seconds the message, to unplug the stick and the window of flash-install disappears. That's all!

After booting with the stick and if there is no persistent memory, you get the prompt for creating it. You have time of 8 seconds to write size of memory. You'll get this message each time you boot the stick untill you create a persistent memory (or using cheatcode "noimage").

If you decide to create persistent memory, formatting needs a long time!!

Greetings Werner * http://www.wp-schulz.de/knoppix/summary.html
Own Rescue-CD with Knoppix (Knoppix V6.4.4 remaster)