Hi there, fingers99! Thanks for the quick response!

After I finished my online session, I went away for a while - had dinner, watched some T.V., did some woodworking, etc. Returning to the workdesk, I decided to have another crack at it. (I'd had the chance to sort out a lot of what I'd read here.) I'd learned about the existence of cfdisk, and picked up several other tidbits. The 2 things that had stuck out in my mind as most significant for success, were 1) Using the text-mode, and 2) Using su. It took 3 attempts, but I managed to perform a HD install. I chose the Debian mode, putting LILO into the MBR. My HD is 10 MB Quantum Fireball, so I partitioned 5 GB as primary Linux and 300 MB as Linux swap (the backup machine I installed on has 128 MB RAM). That leaves approx. another 5 GB for experimenting with the RH9 Pro CD set I bought. (Couldn't get it to work, which is why I tracked down the info re. Knoppix HD install.) It took booting the CD for access to QTparted, to be able to make the primary ex3 type stick (the cfdisk setting didn't stick) - but I think was what made the 3rd installation attempt succeed; the final prep needed. I did all the installation attempts from runlevel 2, using knx2hd.

The LILO menu now has 3 options on it: 1) Linux, 2) Linux 2.4, and 3) Linux 2.6. So far, I've only used the plain "Linux" option. The only glitch in the installation that I've discovered so far, is that it didn't find & configure the sound card the way the Knoppix CD booting does.

Quote Originally Posted by fingers99
Let knoppix load fully, then pop open a console and do:

sudo knx-hdinstall
...(snipped)...
I understand the su command invokes the superuser identity, but what does sudo do?

...and, how does one close the console to return to X, after finishing the su tasks that made the console necessary? I've been afraid to use the console from the HD installation, because I don't know that. From CD boot, there was no problem - all settings would be reinitialized during the next boot. But, from HD, I suspect an improper shutdown could really screw things up.

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