would useing Knoppix effect my HD?
Must be some misunderstanding here but unfortunately I don't have any 95/98 machine so I can't try it out myself. Anyway, can your other machine (the one you say is running ME at the moment) boot from CD ? If it can you can use it to create the boot disk from within Knoppix instead.
would useing Knoppix effect my HD?
It shouldn't (Or perhaps I should put it this way: It tries very hard NOT to change anything)
If you are worried about it you can disable or even disconnect the HD before booting Knoppix.
well i don't know about dissconnecting my HD but i'll try Knoppix anyway!
Ok, to make the boot disk in Knoppix you open a console terminal (the icon of a display with a shell on it), say sudo bash, cd to the KNOPPIX directory on the CD and say dd if=boot.img of=/dev/fd0

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