Quote Originally Posted by martinkong
Is there any mini Knoppix variant out there that's more suitable for server purposes:

- no need for desktop app. or even X windows
- support more harddrive mount points (from reading doc., my understanding is that only /home is supported)
- with enhanced security, e.g. with SELinux

Thanks!
I started out with Knoppix trying to do this. I gave up because the remaster was just too much of a PITA. I elected to switch to LiveCD http://livecd.berlios.de/. This allows you to install a Mandrake Linux version to your HD then make a live CD out of it.

I now have a great setup:
2.6.5 Kernel
Apache 2
Samba 3.0
BincIMAP
Getmail
PureFTP
DNSMasq for DNS and DHCP
XFree running KDE
Webmin

And a whole bunch more. I run the OS from a CD and the data is saved to a HD. I have a small HD setup to write tmp files to and for symlinked config files. Once I get the config files setup the way I want I may (or may not) remove the small HD and make it all run off the CD. This way my data and OS are totally segragated.

I think Knoppix is great - I use it as a rescue CD and have given it to many people who were itching to try Linux but scared. The remaster is just a lot harder than it should be. And YES - I did SEVERAL remasters - it just wasn't as easy as LiveCD.