Quote Originally Posted by Mic Q
hi CrashedAgain,

1. from your advise, seems like i had no choice but to lost all data for the re-partitioning right?

if that's the case, i may not be able to do it right away Sad
now i can to hunt for Ram AND harddisk.

2. this means that I cannot loan any linux as yet, no even a PMI of Knoppix, right?


3. What about a persistent home? The "Persistent Home How To" text did not mention any need for new partition. Can I just set the persistent home onto an existing Win ME partition?

4. What is the actual difference between doing a "Persistent Home" compared to a PMI.
A "Poor Mans Install" copies the Knoppix disk to the HD so that it runs from the HD instead of from the CD, otherwise it runs exactly as it does from the CD. The entire system is still in one big compressed file system which it uncompresses bit by bit as it need its, etc. and you cannot upgrade or change anything except that you can add applications using klik.
A persistent home creates a 'home' file on the HD so that when Knoppix runs it uses this 'home' instead of the default 'home' on the CD. Since your personal setups (colors, desktops, etc) are in your 'home' directory, they can now be saved instead of having to redo all your setups with each boot. Klik uses the persistent home as a place to install programs. Persistent home is usually a file but can be a whole directory and yes, you can put it on a vfat (winME) partition. It will be a file called Knoppix.img.
You could put on a PMI and/or a persistent home right away but be aware you will lose them when you partition.