hi guys i have never used linux in my life till yesterday with the livecd of knoppix but i couldnt get on the net
i been reading all about this in threads but all it does is confuse me more

here is what i done i downloaded the live cd and ran it without a partion on the hard drive so i cant save any data i really want to be able to connect to the net it would be nice i have a alcatel usb modem the green model is it possible to connect to the net without having the operating system installed on a partition on the drive? if so whats the easiest way please as all the other threads are too confusing

thanks in advance by the way its pppoa 2mbit / 256 cheers guys and if ive posted this in the wrong place im sorry but im new here :P