Hy ppl !!!!
Premise:I've been reading few threads about the Knoppix installation with Xp already on a box,such as This,this
and this. And i must say that i'm overloaded with infoes (not only form this forum ) and different opinions.
Beside I'm completely new to GNU/Linux operating systems,and it's about only a couple of weeks that i'm gathering infoes to come to the practical stuff. (in these two weeks i even fixed quiete a few "minor" problems in my computer and now it's ready to launch).
I've been using Knoppix from the liveCD for few days just to try it out and to get closer to the GNU/Linux world,and i must say that i
love it. But my "dream" is to get nuff confidence and knowledge to be able,one day,to "switch" to Gentoo. (and here one could say: "....if u don't manage to install,how would you get nuff confident to step over??? and one could be quite right in saying this but,belive me,i'm really busy right now with school and work and i urge to have Knoppix installed to practice on the machine,otherwise i'll just go crazy and overloaded. Basically. )/Premise]

Now,
After i red the two methods threads,knx-hdinstall & knoppix-installer, i'll go for the knx-hdinstall one. (coz i think this will be a good starter for a noob like me)
I will use GRUB as boot loader,and i'm actually reading the GRUB manual to understand howto edit the menu.lst file,but i'm getting dizzy with it

Could you give me a shortcut for these two things plea???

Here it goes my configuration :

/dev/hda1....../mnt/win_C:\.......10Gb....NTFS...."OS" + appz
/dev/hda5...../mnt/win_F:\.........30GB...FAT32....Data
/dev/hda6...../mnt/win_G:\...........5Gb...FAT32...Games..(just in case)

/dev/hda7......LinuxSwap...........512Mb
/dev/hda8....../boot...................70Mb....ext3 -J
/dev/hda9....../*nix....................31Gb.....ReiserFS

I've got doubts,mainly,about two things:

1st_knx-install :

a] Will it chose automatically the swap boot and root partiotions?? (i think it will be not likely, in this case what shoulld i prompt if needed? will i be asked to select them?? should i indicate them as /dev/hdax ??? Thx )

b] Will it mount the directories (read as:all the structure),as i see them when i use form the liveCD, in the root partition ??? if yes: can i change that later??? or it's quiete all right to leave it as it is???

c] Once i'm done with the install,will i be able to remove or add any packets i want/want not??? [(if i'm not wrong in the "new method mode" (knoppix installer) someone said the it would be easier with this last method) or i don't have to worry much about it? ]

2nd_GRUB :

a] I've already done these steps:

1. go to here http://www.skyjammer.com/files/knoppix

2. get the w32grub.zip and unzip it to c:\, it is already a directory tree

3. run c:\boot\grub\w32grub

4. add 'c:\boot\stage1="GRUB"' to c:\boot.ini

Now there is a GRUB boot loader in your W2K/XP system.
I added 'c:\boot\stage1="GRUB"' to c:\boot.ini at the end of it... was it the right line???? Thx (i quote it right here :
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=signature(ee821feb)disk(0)rdisk(0)partitio n(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
signature(ee821feb)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WIN DOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect
c:\boot\stage1="GRUB"
b] But my main doubt it's what to write in the menu.lst:


# Sample boot menu configuration file
#

# Boot automatically after a minute.
timeout 60

# By default, boot the second entry.
default 1

# Fallback to the first entry.
fallback 0

title Windows XP
unhide (hd0,0)
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

# For booting Linux
title Woody
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-devfs-ntfs-2.1.3
initrd /boot/miniwody1.gz
Assuming that "timeout" "default" fallback" and "Xp" values are ok (are they?? please correct them (read as: the Xp one) if not) should i go for:

title Knoppix
root (hd0,9)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz <<< [ btw which one 2.4.??? (i've got Knoppix 3.3 2003-11-19)]
initrd /boot/initrd <<<

b1] Should i add anything else to it???


Many thanks in advance for your help folks.
Best Regards.
Igghibù ZwfanDir

PS: I'll keep reading the GRUB manual for more clarifications .