Circumvented my block-major-2 by doing a hdinstall. Lost my KNOPPIX menu options though. They don't seem to work anymore.

Got my WUSB12 wireless adapter working. For those of you looking to do the same, go to \etc\usr\share\doc\linux-wlan-ng\README.Debian.gz. Turns out you do have to edit the \etc\modutils\linux-wlan-ng file to select the prism2_usb driver rather than the prism2_pci driver (as I had guessed). How one can do that on the Knoppix CD I don't know. When I tried it wouldn't let me edit the file. Doing a hdinstall of course resolved that for me also.

The README also gives a short explanation of the different commands that can be put into the \etc\network\interfaces file to set up the WUSB12 for your scenario.

Now if I could just figure out how to alter my settings in the network\interfaces file on the fly, since I have both managed and ad-hoc needs depending on where I'm at. There's a new program that's been added to the Debian CVS called KWifiManager that looks like it will do the job nicely. Maybe we'll see it in a future Knoppix release? I'd guess a linux demo disk would have a need for on the fly wireless configuration adjustments? Just a suggestion :>)