I will have acquired 2 10Gb FAT32 HDDs from old PCs - will give them a try this afternoon.

Will knoppix 5.0 support ntfs write capability? see below

The first release of Knoppix 5.0 is exclusively available as a free pressed DVD on CeBIT, at the KNOPPER.NET booth (University of applied sciences Zweibrücken, Hall 9, booth C39/31) and at the Heise booth (Hall 5, E3. Apart from CeBIT, this version cab be ordered from www.emedia.de. The pressing of the CeBIT KNOPPIX DVDs has been sponsored, like in the past years, by the Heise publishing company.

You can find more information about "KNOPPIX @ CeBIT" at the Heise Newsticker (german text) .


What's new:

Linux Kernel 2.6.15.4
Debian (testing/unstable)
Xorg Version 6.9
udev+hwsetup for automatic hardware detection
KDE 3.5.1, GNOME 2.12 from Debian/unstable
OpenOffice 2.0.1 (german+english)
transparent write access for NTFS partitions (libntfs+fuse)
new knoppix-installer now also with the possibility to update existing installations of Knoppix
Many Updates...