I've a Knoppix newbie (about 2 weeks experience), but I'm hooked!

One of the first things I wanted to do was connect to the Internet using my USB adsl modem (Fujitsu 310), but it wasn't clear to me how to do this. Tried ADSL configuration on the K-menu, but no joy. Looked around, couldn't find a "how-to" guide for newbies on this. However, I eventually worked it out, so thought that a step-by-step summary for other newbies might be useful. Note that, as a newcomer to Linux, I don't necessarily know _why_ some of these steps are necessary (e.g. "make" then "make install") or even if they _are_ all necessary. But they worked for me! So here goes:

(1) In Windows, download eciadsl-usermode-0.8.tar.gz from eciadsl.flashtux.org

(2) Boot KNOPPIX CD

(3) Create a persistent KNOPPIX home directory (under "configure" in KNOPPIX menu)

(4) Logout KNOPPIX

(5) Reboot KNOPPIX - type "knoppix home=/dev/hda1"

(6) Copy eciadsl-usermode-0.8.tar.gz from your Windows disk to /home/knoppix (i.e. your home directory)

(7) Open a Console window and type "su" to change to root user

(8) Type "passwd" to set root password

(9) Type "tar zxvf eciadsl-usermode-0.8.tar.gz" to extract files from archive

(10) Create a new directory into which the modem-operating files will be written: type "mkdir mymodem" where mymodem is the name of your modem (or any name you choose)

(11) Type "cd eciadsl-usermode-0.8.tar.gz" to change to the directory containing the extracted files

(12) Type "./configure --prefix=/home/knoppix/mymodem" - this step is important, as it ensures that the files generated by the next two steps will be written to your mymodem directory and not to the read-only KNOPPIX file system

(13) Type "make" then "make install" - new directories mymodem/bin and mymodem/doc will have been created

(14) Type "cd .." then "cd mymodem/bin"

(15) Type "./eciconf.sh" to invoke the adsl modem configuration program

(16) Fill in the info pertaining to your modem and ISP account; if you don't know the answers, most of it can be obtained from your Windows adsl modem configration program. In the UK, VPI=0 and VCI=38. Selecting your modem type from the list will complete the VID and PID entries for you. The PPP mode can again be ascertained from your Windows configuration - for me the default VCM_RFC2364 was correct. You can probably leave the "Update provider DNS:" box alone.

(17) Click on "Create config!", then on "Quit"

(18) Make sure that you are root (prompt should start with "root", then type "./startmodem" - all being well, this should connect you to the Internet!

(19) Make sure that you save your KNOPPIX configuration to /mnt/hda1, by using the menu item under "KNOPPIX"

(20) Next time you reboot, type "knoppix home=/dev/hda1 myconf=scan". Once booted, to connect to the Internet again just type "sudo ./fujitsu/bin/startmodem" in a Console window. Tip: if the connection fails, try disconnecting the modem (pull out the USB plug) and try again.

Hope this is useful to someone...