Knoppix (was Re: Custom live CD)

[Derek Martin]

On Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 01:45:32PM -0500, Donald Leslie {74279} wrote:
> I have tried KNOPPIX 3.7 and 3.7 which both offer 2.6 kernels. I have 
> had a number of problems in trying update the KNOPPIX copied to a local
> directory.

Only tangientially related to this...

While I was in Korea, my old Dell laptop experienced catastrophic
failure (well, what REALLY happened was the power cable got caught on
something, forcefully yanking it out of the power receptacle on the
laptop, and breaking off the pins--making it impossible to power the
machine or charge the battery)...

So I set out to replace it.  I went to a local electronics superstore (a
place which is a bit like a computer show, with many different
vendors, except that they sell a lot more than PCs, and it's a
permanent business fixture), and I brought Knoppix with me on CD.  I
managed to pursuade several of the vendors to allow me to boot it, in
order to test hardware support under Linux.  I ended up getting a
Toshiba Tecra M2, which I was able to determine was 100% compatible
with Linux (albeit with a 3rd-party driver for the winmodem)...

Knoppix is great...

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