Greetings all, here is a working solution and yes, a complete Samba is not installed on the current Knoppix 6.2.1 DVD

To use Samba with Knoppix 6.2.1 perform the following tasks:

Download the Knoppix 6.2.1 DVD and burn it, then boot a machine from it

Use the flash-knoppix app to create a boot usb thumb drive - an 8 GB drive will more than suffice

It will take a while to copy knoppix to the thumb drive and it may seem like it is hanging on 99% completed for a long time - just be patient, it will complete

Boot into knoppix using the new thumb drive - knoppix will ask you if you want to create some space for saved files and if so how much - choose the rest of the available space, choose encrypted or unencrypted to suit your needs. Creating saved space will also take a while - be patient

Once that task is completed, download the latest tgz archived version of Samba from samba.org

As root, configure Samba to install under /UNIONFS/usr/local/samba and make make install

Once installed, edit the /UNIONFS/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf to suit your needs

Start Samba as a daemon

/UNIONFS/usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd -D -s /UNIONFS/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf

Start nmbd only if you need it - I don't so there is no need to start it up

Samba installed via this method will remain persistent on your knoppix thumb drive - you can likely configure it to start on boot - but I see no need to do this as Samba, or any unneeded service, should definitely not be started on Knoppix unless absolutely required.

Enjoy!