Re: [Gnoppix-user] Guide

[Pedro M.]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ramanan Selvaratnam" <address@hidden>
To: "Pedro M." <address@hidden>
Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2003 6:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Gnoppix-user] Guide


> First Marry Christmas and all :)

The same to you all :)

> > I have written a guide about how to create a bootfloppy using gnoppix.
>
> Where is it?
It´s here http://www.knoppix.net/docs/index.php/GnoppixBootMedia

It was the first bootfloppy that has worked for me ;) loading the CD-ROM
> >
> > It would be intesting add information about how to create a similar
> > boot keydrive ( http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/keydrive  )
>
> Interestingly it is claiming 2GB USB keydrives are around. Never thought
> it will arrive so quickly.
> If anyone knows any links for USB keydrives that will hold the CD image
> please let me know offlist.

I am now trying
http://linuxdocs.tuxfamily.org/flonix/wakka.php?wiki=EnPresentation

 Flonix  (http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/flonix ).

with www.transcendusa.com / http://www.jetflashusa.com/ keydrive . I bought
it because it was bootable and linux-compatible.
But I couldn´t boot it using the BIOS (USB-ZIP option or similar) and I use
a bootfloppy without problems to jump to the flonix keydrive.

I am not getting technical support (you can add questions too in
http://www.transcendusa.com/Customer/Feedback.asp )

Advice : instead of buy directly a keydrive, copy the keydrives files to a
CDR/RW and go to the computer shop with it indicating : I want to buy a
keydrive that can boot the content of this CD. If you can do it, call me and
I buy the keydrive :) Be sure your BIOS have support to boot keydrives
(seeing your BIOS advances settings http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS ).

If somebody can boot flonix keydrive without using a bootfloppy, write to
the list with the product name and references (thanks in advance).

> > using Gnoppix (i.e.. that could look for Gnoppix compressed image or
> > home in a second hard disk drive ).
>
> Can you explain the benefit of having a compressed image" on disk
> instead of an install?

You can read http://www.knoppix.net/docs/index.php/HdBasedHowTo

With this HD Basing (instead of installation  ) I advoid the User´s
Partition Panic (UPP), the same base to use a LiveCD instead of use HD
installation.

I prefer the sollution 1.4 Run Microsoft Windows, copy Knoppix to HD & make
it bootable with bootfloppy (but instead of bootfloppy, a bootkeydrive to
the second hard disk drive;)

Later, when I acquire confidance and understand Linux, I will try to install
Flonix/Knoppix  in the Hard disk

Regads.