Hi,

Knoppix newbie, Linux veteran (slack).

I have a laptop with no HDD in it and am using Knoppix 5.1.1 CD to boot and do stuff. I two usb memory sticks (1GB and 4GB).

When I create a persistent Knoppix disk image everything goes fine (/dev/sda 4GB usb). The info at the end of the image creation says to pass the boot param home=/dev/sda or home=scan a la:

boot: knoppix home=/dev/sda

So..I reboot and get to the boot prompt and do:

boot: knoppix home=/dev/sda

but I get the error:

could not find kernel image: knoppix
??? what's the problem?

So I'm thinking maybe the kernel is called something more common so I do:

boot: linux home=/dev/sda

Kernel image is found and boots into Knoppix normally, but the boot param has no effect.../dev/sda/knoppix.img is not mounted as home.

So, the next time I reboot with NO boot params, at some time during the boot phase, Knoppix tells me it has found a saved image on /dev/sda and would I like it mounted as home....yes I would thank you. Knoppix finishes booting and indeed /dev/sda/knoppix.img is mounted as home. Next time I boot no such luck...and it hasn't found the knoppix.img since....

Any help??? I'm pretty sick of reconfigging things every time I boot...

My USB sticks are not flaky in any way and exhibit no ill behavior.

C