Quote Originally Posted by ockham23
I think the mkdosswap script of Knoppix 5.0.1 is buggy because it doesn't recognize partitions whereas Knoppix 4.1 works fine. Suggestion: Use Knoppix 4 to create knoppix.swp file, Knoppix 5.0.1 will mount it correctly.
Yes Knoppix 5.01 is buggy indeed. My workaround: start Knoppix at runlevel 2 (boot:knoppix 2), then when its done booting run knoppix-installer which will start a wizard that will allow you to format the drive and pertition it. When this is done, the installer will recognize the partitios.