I solved the root permission problem, you just type su and press enter. ( I assume su is super user)

However I then get presented with a totally stupid situation. The old knx-hdinstall did a QandA with the user to take care of the partitioning.

In contrast knoppix-installer drops you in the brown stuff with a partitioning app I never seen before. Now here's the stupid part, how am I supposed to use (without damaging my hd) a partitioning app I know nothing about, if the only OS it runs under is the one I can't install until I've partitioned the disk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!