Hello all?

My first post, but it's a wierd one.

A long time ago, I experimented with making partitions that were 650MB big and formatting them iso9660 on my HDD. I would copy a cd directly to them and use them as cdroms. It was basically a CD-ROM tower with no cd-roms. Worked nice.

Problem is, that wsa a long time ago, and I can't seem to find the documentation to do that again. I'm ready to try again.

One of the problems I've heard people complain about with the HDD install is that the sound changes, color start up changes, and plugging new stuff in, etc, doesn't work quite as well.

What if you copied the Knoppix Live cd to the hdd and told GRUB or LILO to boot it. Would that work? Someone earlier had mention installing to Compact Flash for a server and never having to worry about moving parts, etc. (it reads only, so no IO issues). You have a small USB key to save settings.

Most of the replies I've seen on these forums has been extremely helpful and polite, which is why I'm posting. I'll be experimenting the next few days, but my time's limited so feedback/suggestions is welcome.

Thanks in advance for all your help!

KJ