--The big knoppix file needs to be in x:\knoppix directory. If you boot from the floppy, it will detect it there. If you boot with a Knoppix cd in the drive, it will run from CD regardless (this is a good thing.)

--BTW, the x:\knoppix doesn't have to be on C: - I've gotten it to work with F:\KNOPPIX\knoppix.

--If you want to be really hardcore, you can create a 1-cylinder primary partition (hda2 thru 4), zero it out and then DD the boot-en.img to it. Activate it, and it will boot from the HD with the syslinux stuff just as if it were running the Knoppix boot floppy: (DISCLAIMER - don't forget to DD the latest boot-en.img to HD/floppy when there's an upgrade!)

*The following cmd only works if you have free space at the end of the drive; use a partitioning tool such as PartitionMagic if you're not sure how to repartition your HD with fdisk.

' fdisk /dev/hda ' == 'n' ; 'p' ; '4' ; (enter, type the 1st number to make it 1 cylinder, enter) ; ' w ' == To write the new partition table.

' dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda4 bs=1M ' == Write zeros to the new partition
' dd if=/cdrom/KNOPPIX/boot-en.img of=/dev/hda4 bs=1M ' == DD the boot-en.img to hda4

' activate /dev/hda 4 ' == TYPE AS SHOWN, WITH SPACE. (' man activate ')
' fdisk -l ' == Check that the boot flag is now on hda4

' reboot '

--It should boot to the Knoppix floppy image now. (BTW, you can ' mkdir /mnt/tmp; mount /dev/hda4 /mnt/tmp ' and view/edit the floppy image. There's interesting stuff if you gunzip miniroot.gz ((DON'T FORGET to gzip -9 it back again before you reboot!)) - the "linuxrc" file IIRC controls the boot process for Knoppix; that's where the "expert", etc stuff is evaluated.)

--To reset the boot flag to hda1, use a Win "startup disk" and run fdisk. '2', then '1' (Set active partition, partition 1; exit, then reboot.)

--To reset the boot flag from knoppix:
' activate /dev/hda 1 ' == Again, type AS SHOWN.

--Post results if you decide to try it.

Quote Originally Posted by godsdog
Hi. I've managed to copy the knoppix file (the really, really big one) onto my hard drive. That is now the only thing on my drive and now have just enough space for a swap after I get this working.

I've made a boot floppy from the CD and would like to know the command needed to type in to start knoppix off the file on the fat32 HD.

Any help is greatly appreciated.