After playin around in knoppix for a while i decided that it was pretty damn good. So i decided to install it to my harddrive.
My harddrive is 38GB where 5 GB is for Windows XP, 29GB NTFS where my files are and the remainder i used for linux. I used partiton magic to set up a partition where i could install linux,this i did today.

using the knoppix-installer command i entered all the details it asked for and it seemed to be going well
then when doing something ( installing or copying files or something) it froze at about 54 per cent and gave an error consisting of some words in brackets... im sorry this may seem hazy but its annoying having to do it over and over....

Also when trying to partiton via the knoppix installer it tells me
Code:
 opened disk read only
you have no permission to write
FATAL ERROR: cannot read disk drive
press any key to exit etc
to top it off windows XP is not booting (which i know why...) and i have conveinently lost my disc for it. although i know people who can "find" it for me.

for now im limited somewhat to knoppix...