Category:Hard drive Installation


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The main strength of Knoppix is its ability to be run from memory as a Live Linux CD. The advantage to this is that you can take the CD with you. However, some users have worked out how to install Knoppix on a hard drive .

In the meantime you can do a harddrive installation with 'Preferences/ KNOPPIX HD installation' from the Knoppix CD/DVD. It is a Debian-like installation in a free partiton with GRUB as bootmenu.

Some people select 'Preferences/ Install KNOPPIX to flash disk' and do the installation not only on an flash device but also on a partiton of a harddrive and call it "poor men harddrive installation". This installation uses Syslinx to boot with compressed KNOPPIX and fidles around with persistent memory to preserve any changes.

If you decide to install Knoppix to harddrive, please read HD_Install_Warning_not_to_do_it first.

You may want to look at some of these (very old) Hard drive Installation pages. Be cautioned, however, that because Knoppix is designed for use from a Live CD, some choices have been made that are good when running from a live CD, but do cause problems when attempting to install Knoppix to hard disk, particularly when updating and installing new software. There are many and frequent reports of things that worked fine from the CD but stopped working after a "hard disk install".

If all you want to do is free up your CD drive, save data, make configuration and customisations, install new software packages, and have all these changes available from session to session, consider these Live CD Tips before resorting to a hard disk install.

Knoppix is based on Debian, a Linux distribution that is intended for hard drive installation. When Knoppix was first released a Linux install did require a fair amount of technical knowledge; but the Debian install process has matured a lot since then. It's still not perfect, but neither is the Knoppix install. If you want a Linux system installed to your hard disk, as well as the programs that are included on Knoppix and many many others, all free, you should at least consider Debian and try installing a curent version of it rather than only installing Knoppix and not having a chance to compare Knoppix to pure Debian.

Pages in category "Hard drive Installation"

The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.