Has this been fixed in more recent Knoppix releases? I'd really like to be able to boot from an external USB CDROM. It seems to me that this is would be a fairly common way to boot Knoppix for people who want to use it as a repair OS.

Other distros that *will* boot from an external CDROM (at least on my Thinkpad T43 with a Targus DVD-CDR external USB drive:

- Finnix (a Knoppix derivative, stripped down for sysadmins; use "bootusb" option) www.finnix.org
- Gentoo Live CD (can't remember if a special boot option is needed; probably so)

I haven't found others that will allow the extra time for the OS to properly i.d. and register the external USB CDROM. I don't think this is rocket science, but it would require a bit of tweaking to the boot sequence.

Can anyone share other helpful info? Thanks.