What is the bootable Knoppix CD?

[Josh Collins]

I asked for a multi-desktop prg in another thread that ended up talking
about installing another OS. Someone said a bootable Knoppix CD would answer
all my questions--even though they were about multi-desktops. So what is
this bootable Knoppix CD?

 

[Gordon Burgess-Parker]

I asked for a multi-desktop prg in another thread that ended up
talking about installing another OS. Someone said a bootable Knoppix
CD would answer all my questions--even though they were about
multi-desktops. So what is this bootable Knoppix CD?

Knoppix is a Linux Distro that runs from a CD. You don't need to install
anything on your HDD AFAIK.

 

[CWatters]

I asked for a multi-desktop prg in another thread that ended up talking
about installing another OS. Someone said a bootable Knoppix CD would answer
all my questions--even though they were about multi-desktops. So what is
this bootable Knoppix CD?

Oh dear. Is it allowed to mention L I N U X on a Microsoft WindowsXP
newsgroup

Try this forum instead...

http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4313#20114
http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29#103

Some people say Linux solves a lot of Windows problems but I couldn't
possibly comment.

 

[Lorne Smith]

Oh dear. Is it allowed to mention L I N U X on a Microsoft WindowsXP
newsgroup

Try this forum instead...

http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4313#20114
http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29#103

Some people say Linux solves a lot of Windows problems but I couldn't
possibly comment.

Oh it does solve lots of Windows problems, actually ALL of them because it's
a different OS, so no Windows and therefore no Windows problems What it
DOES do though is introduce about a thousand or so MORE problems on the poor
unsuspecting beginner user who won't have a clue where to begin in Linux
without a 300lb manual

Lorne

 

[mrtee]

It is a stand alone OS that resides on a CD-R. It can be installed to HD (haven't tried that yet). It's fun to monkey around with to see what's out there. Go to http://www.distrowatch.com/#00977 for a link to it. The ISO is 733,825,024 bits and fits on 1 CD.

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Just my 2¢ worth
Jeff
__________in response to__________
| I asked for a multi-desktop prg in another thread that ended up talking
| about installing another OS. Someone said a bootable Knoppix CD would answer
| all my questions--even though they were about multi-desktops. So what is
| this bootable Knoppix CD?
|
|

 

[Malke]

It is a stand alone OS that resides on a CD-R. It can be installed to
HD (haven't tried that yet). It's fun to monkey around with to see
what's out there. Go to http://www.distrowatch.com/#00977 for a link
to it. The ISO is 733,825,024 bits and fits on 1 CD.

Knoppix (the "K" is pronounced, btw) is fantastic. It is a full-featured
Linux distribution on a bootable cd. You can use it to 1) do Linux
demos; 2) play with Linux and some of the many applications that come
with the major distros; 3) use it in data rescue. For instance, I've
run across several cases where a client's hard drive was failing, it
would not slave successfully in another XP box (froze the healthy XP
installation solid), but the data had to be saved. Solution: slave the
sick drive in one of my Win98 boxen, boot with Knoppix, mount both
drives, copy the data from the XP drive to the Win98 drive (Linux
access to NTFS is read-only right now), burn a cd.

Try it - it's free!

Malke