Have I tried the mkcd.... No not yet becuase Im still telling myself I can do it in knoppix

What I got so far is the installed version with....
2x10/100 internal/external and 1x54g (internal)
IPTABLES with nat masq on the internals

DHCP server/bind ... (almost qmail and IMP)
etc....
(oh and VPN tunneling but thats not for the Cd)

What im looking at is a server edition knoppix, designed to be run and installed to Hdd of course but for instance letting you set up anopther server with all the packages you need and preconfigured as far as possible.

Xinstalled But not started by default ....


Could also be used as a liveCD for those zero downtime operations....

IMHO and experience Mandrake is too quirky on hardware...
(and I know a lot about Mandrake) ....
Another reason not to use mandy is it is so non standard on the config tools now... since 9.2 linuxconf is 'banned' - No RPM's becuase it interferes with Mandy's own wizards...

The 3NIC setup I have now is impossible with the wizards and worse once you try it its a sod to get rid of....
Basically i think theyve played with the noobie usability to the point where server tasks are just too much work...

Just my 2c....
If your interested, its meant to be kinda like the SME server (now esmith) except with NFS and Webmin....