Quote Originally Posted by Coume
thxs for the answer

The only problem with *ME*, is that my laptop that got linux on it does not haave any access to the Internet...
I can only download the package from work/uni and then install them home.. .Which is very very annoying I reckon...
But I cannot get an Internet plug into my small student room
And that's why, even if I like knoppix and debian, I'm thinking about installing slackware. The only thing scarying me is the hardware detection...

Ludo
Three options:
1) Create a (a set) of package CDs based on current Knoppix sources. Use this to update your system. You will need another GNU/Linux machine connected to the Internet to create this. The process is automated.

2) Save /home /etc and /var/spool /var/lib/mysql /var/mail (perhaps others) in a safe place- perhaps another partition. Install the new version of Knoppix. Once you have installed the latest knoppix, write a script into rcS.d, set to run early, remounting the directories over the newer Knoppix directories using mount --bind. All your settings will then be kept between re-installs.

3) If you decide to go slack, tar -zcf etc.tgz /etc; cp tar.zcf /mnt/floppy. You will then be able to refer to the hw configuration your Knoppix uses.