I want to customise Knoppix to use as a portable OS (change keyboard settings and screen resolution, and have all the apps I normally use set up and ready to go). I looked at the customisation FAQ and found this

Setting up for Remastering

1. Boot from the Knoppix CD
2. Open a root shell:
* Menu: Kmenu->Knoppix->Root Shell
* Note: All commands below are run from this root shell.
3. Configure your Internet connection (we'll need this later). If you use DHCP, it should already be configured.
* Note: Run ifconfig to check.
4. Find the partition you will use to work on. In this example it is called hda1 . The partition should have a minimum of 3 GB free space
5. Mount the partition:
What password?