Ok i mange to boot the live cd and type in sudo knoppix-installer.
this runs and says i need to create paritions.

It loads a partioning program. Now i have to create a linux swap and format one partition
as ext2 or 3 (is there a difference; which should i use on an old comp)
Anyway i can only get it to do one. I format a linux swap file but when i try to do something else
it doesnt let me all it allows is to view the property of the partitions. why does it do this?