Quote Originally Posted by raid517
Well anyway, I was wondering if I did a harddisk install, would I be able to have the same great hardware detection set up by default the way it is on the CD? Specifically would it be a very complicated task to have Knoppix autonatically configure SPDIF out for me? I'm afraid I don't have any conventional speaker cable. How would I do this without having to specify that Knoppix should use the alsa driver at the boot prompt?
Yes, you can have the same autodetection on a hd-installed knoppix. You will see "knoppix style" and "debian style" somewhere in the installer. Knoppix style uses the same autodetection the cd uses.