Quote Originally Posted by samsocal
... This response did not give him the answer he was looking for. The correct answer is to start knoppix in text mode type knoppix 2 at the boot prompt.....
You seem to have the correct answer for a completely different question. This would be a fine answer if the poster had asked about starting Knoppix in text mode from the CD, which he did not. He asked about installing Knoppix, even using the terms "on hardware" and "to hard disk". It seems pretty clear, at least to me, that he is asking about doing some sort of minimal Linux install, not about how to start Knoppix in text mode.