This really needs to change, and, some kind of a major effort is needed here.
Well, if you feel that a major effort is needed, go ahead and pitch in. The hard drive installer was built by on of us, a Knoppix user. Out of his own good heart he created this for us. This distro wasn't made to be installed to the hard drive, but to be used from a CD. Now, some people have helped to get it onto the hard drive, but they can't do all the work. If the installer is not up to par, then help make a new one or better the existing one.