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Talk:Knoppix Remastering Howto

2006-10-09T02:17:02Z

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Tips around apt-get to install/update/remove applications:

* Get '''apt-spy''' and use it to modify the sources.list file with the best mirrors for your particular region. This will speed up the downloading. Backup the original '''sources.list''' just in case.
* Use '''apt-get update''' to get the lists with the latest releases and patches. Do not update a package if you don't need to, it may lead to the use of additional disk space (precious commodity when you want to keep everything below 700MB) and you may brake something else without knowing. Abuse the '''-s''' option to simulate the installation.
* Before doing the update, I modified my default releases to '''testing''', that means that the software I'll be using will have a good balance of stability and features. Knoppix uses '''unstable''' by default, which is too risky for my personal taste.
* Get '''[apt-get install] locale''' and configure it with the locales you are going to use. It will save lots of space when downloading applications with plenty of locale modules.
* I use '''aptitude''' to get/remove applications, it is character based so it works character mode. As you mark packages for install/update/removal, it will tell you how much disk space you will save/use, try to solve depencies problems and give you plenty control to fix them manually when possible.
* When installing applications it is likely that your '''/etc/rc?.d''' directories will have new entries, many of them unwanted or unplanned. Make sure you check them and remove the new entries based on your preferences. I usually leave '''/etc/rc2.d''' and '''/etc/rc5.d''' as close as the originals and modify '''/etc/rc3.d''' and '''/etc/rc4.d''' to test new stuff.
Example: You may want to have ntfs installed, but not necessarily running unless you need. Same with apache, mysql and many others.
* When removing/purging applications, they may leave behind non-empty directories. Usually this is announced by aptitude, apt-get or any other package you are using. Make sure to check the messages.

* The bug in '''apt-get''' is also mentioned here: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=191309 (More of a bug in apt-get that it assumes /dev/ is active rather than checking?)

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* Has anyone remastered the 5.01 DVD? I'm having trouble following the remaster guidelines. What boot loader is it using? How do I switch bootloaders or add an additional kernel?

New Questions FAQ

2006-10-09T02:12:30Z

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Please note that while this article is intended as a place for people to submit new questions that they feel belong in one of the FAQs (or in a new FAQ), it is not intended as a place for people to ask questions. Questions posted here will be seen by relatively few people and on an infrequent basis. The proper place to post questions that you are looking for an answer to (if not already covered in a wiki article) is in the Knoppix.net forums at http://www.knoppix.net/forum/

I wonder if the kernel of knopix suport SATA HD????

What is an MBR? What is it used for??

==Bootloader==
* Where is lilo installed?

*Where is Linux Kernel located? Which directory?
** I'd supplement that question with: Which boot loader, where do I manipulate the boot config if I remaster?

How to configure a 802.11g wireless card with WPA?

What is the default root password?

How to set the default boot options without rebuilding the iso image?

Very near the top of 'Hard Drive Installation', prefix with a section talking about "If all you want is to maintain your customizations / home directory / package installations across Knoppix boots, that is not a hard drive install. What you actually want is a {Knoppix-term}. Click {this link} for the FAQ for that area." Although a Knoppix 'newbie' I am not a computer newbie - yet it took me some time and wandering through the wiki to find out that whatever it is I'm looking for, it is NOT a hard drive install. Even having done so, this item still isn't very clear to me, and perhaps a separate heading / title / FAQ would be appropriate. OR, something similar to the above should be more visible in a different FAQ. Even if that's true, something on this page would be appropriate.

[[Category : FAQ Page]]

New Questions FAQ

2006-10-09T02:11:49Z

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Please note that while this article is intended as a place for people to submit new questions that they feel belong in one of the FAQs (or in a new FAQ), it is not intended as a place for people to ask questions. Questions posted here will be seen by relatively few people and on an infrequent basis. The proper place to post questions that you are looking for an answer to (if not already covered in a wiki article) is in the Knoppix.net forums at http://www.knoppix.net/forum/

I wander if the kernel of knopix suport SATA HD????

What is an MBR? What is it used for??

Where is lilo installed?

Where is Linux Kernel located? Which directory?
* I'd supplement that question with: Which boot loader, where do I manipulate the boot config if I remaster?

How to configure a 802.11g wireless card with WPA?

What is the default root password?

How to set the default boot options without rebuilding the iso image?

Very near the top of 'Hard Drive Installation', prefix with a section talking about "If all you want is to maintain your customizations / home directory / package installations across Knoppix boots, that is not a hard drive install. What you actually want is a {Knoppix-term}. Click {this link} for the FAQ for that area." Although a Knoppix 'newbie' I am not a computer newbie - yet it took me some time and wandering through the wiki to find out that whatever it is I'm looking for, it is NOT a hard drive install. Even having done so, this item still isn't very clear to me, and perhaps a separate heading / title / FAQ would be appropriate. OR, something similar to the above should be more visible in a different FAQ. Even if that's true, something on this page would be appropriate.

[[Category : FAQ Page]]

General Live CD

2006-10-09T01:59:47Z

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== [http://unit.aist.go.jp/itri/knoppix/xen/index-en.html Xenoppix = Xen + Knoppix] ==
Xenoppix is mostly Knoppix with the hypervisor and Plan 9 and NetBSD available. Comes in CD and DVD sizes.
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General Live CD

2006-10-09T01:57:25Z

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[http://unit.aist.go.jp/itri/knoppix/xen/index-en.html Xenoppix = Xen + Knoppix]