Hello,

I'm trying to install Knoppix 5.0.1 on harddisk, following the procedure described in "easy linux 08/2006", which came with Knoppix 5.0.1 on DVD.

The magazine says, you must start the root console and type "knx2hd", later choose one of the partitions which have been found.

Problem is, I want to install on /dev/sda5, a 10 GB partition which I had first formatted with ext3 than ext2 (using QPartEd) to test if "knx2hd" will find the ext2 partition. But knx2hd only offers me /dev/sda6, which already carries lots of data which I don't intend to remove.

sda5 is known to Knoppix and I can mount or umount it. Are 10 GB not large enough, or what is the reason that it doesn't get offered from knx2hd? What can I try to make it find sda5?

If all attempts to install with knx2hd will fail, can I just mount sda5, for example to /mnt, and rsync the complete Knoppix filesystem to the partition, doing an "rsync -Sav / /mnt"? Will I get the whole Knoppix 5.0.1 with this command? (Booting is secondary, if I would get a valid system copy on sda5 with rsync)