confused by password stuff

[klaus2008]

I guess since Knoppix uses FAT32 - the biggest I can make it is ~2GB...

If your flash device uses FAT32 then your maximum size of single file is 4 GB.

So I gave it a file size during boot in the option to make a persistent settings store file

You have to enter only the integer. The size of the persistent image file is calculated in chunks with a size of 1 MB. Example: If you want to use a persistent image file with a size of 4000 MB then you must enter 4000.

[PattiMichell]

If your flash device uses FAT32 then your maximum size of single file is 4 GB.

You have to enter only the integer. The size of the persistent image file is calculated in chunks with a size of 1 MB. Example: If you want to use a persistent image file with a size of 4000 MB then you must enter 4000.

Maybe that's my problem!! I put "2000 MB" since the example shows the "MB" - I'll try again... Does the user always stay "knoppix" or do I create a user "patti" like in other distros?

[PattiMichell]

Ah, got it! During the boot when you specify a size for the persistent file (sans the "MB" I was mistakenly appending), then it asks if you want to encrypt it... THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!

[krishna.murphy]

Maybe that's my problem!! I put "2000 MB" since the example shows the "MB" - I'll try again... Does the user always stay "knoppix" or do I create a user "patti" like in other distros?

It's the conventional wisdom that Knoppix has been extensively customized (from the base distro, Debian) for use as a single-user LiveCD. Persistence has been added recently, which could allow for multiple users, but the heavy customization more-or-less precludes that. It's pretty easy to boot to the SD-Knoppix on most any "modern" system, making it a very portable little "system on a card"; if you need to install something else on your home system with multiple-user capability for others in your home (for instance) that wouldn't stop you booting it there too.

Cheers!
Krishna
p.s. I'm imagining a multi-user version of Knoppix that works by allowing for the existence of multiple knoppix-data files. I can "emulate" that now (crudely) by renaming the one that's on my flash drive and creating another, which has all-different customization and private files. The downside of this crude approach is that there's a bunch of stuff I added to the SYSTEM (Google Chrome, etc.) that will "stick to" my original k-data file. There are numerous potential advantages (and disadvantages) to using something like this approach, I think.