Quote Originally Posted by Gotblade
I have the 5.0 dvd & the 5.1 cd of Knoppix
I'm behind a firewall so dhcp doesn't work
The settings that work on the 5.0 dvd won't work on the 5.1 cd
I wanted the cd so I can install it to a usb thumb drive so I can load partimage backups from dvd instead of off a harddrive.
It would be nice to be able to update this smaller install.
Why would the dvd consistently work when the cd wont?
I did a testcd after the bittorent finished downloading, could I still have a bad copy?
Or is there a glitch in the networking of this newer version?
Lots of issues here:
  • I have a firewall (router) and DHCP works just fine. Almost all routers will do DHCP (although this can be turned off). Without more information about your setup we can't make good recomendations, but if you're on a home system use a decent router and be sure dhcp i enabled.

    5.0, 5.0.1, 5.1 and 5.1.1 are different (thus the different numbers). The DVD does offer more programs, but it is far more likely that netorking working for you in one case but not the other is a version issue and not a cd/dvd issue.

    testcd is not a complete iso test. To properly test the iso you should run a md5 test and compare it against the md5 file that comes with the download. Learn to use the right tool.

    Many computers just can't boot a usb flash device properly, in spite of bios settings that imply they should be able to.

    Other than remastering, updating may be an issue with Knoppix. Installed Knoppix is certainly not the way to go if your intention is to be able to move the flash device from computer to computer. You might be much better off with DSL or Puppy Linux, which come with less applications but provide for ways to add to the basic system without causing problems.

    Did you post really belong in this thread or should you have started your own? you seem to be covering issues not covered in the original post.