On Fri, 6 Feb 2004, ec wrote:

> I finally got around to installing Knoppix..after
> months of running it from cdrom.
> 
> I have a 20gig that I split into three parts. A 400mb
> swap and two about ten gigs. Told cfdisk to write type
> 83 to the two tens and I thought I would be able to
> get knoppix to recognize the second hd part, but it
> says it isn't formated.
>

Try running a mkfs on the unformatted partition.

Just by way of example, you could build an ext3 filesystem on /dev/hda3
with the command:

mkfs -t ext3 /dev/hda3

See the mkfs man page for more fun options.
 
> Can I install say fedora core to second so it is
> readable by knoppix (do a min install) and then use
> one of the partitions as a knoppix 'home' incase it
> crashes for some reason on the hda1 partition? 
> 
> Or should I wipe out the hd and use fedora to setup
> the whole hd with an 'extra' say 5 gig '/home' part
> and have knoppix write to that after I install it in
> another part. What I was thinking, was setup hda1
> primary with fedora ~= 5 gigs, knoppix hda5 root, 4.6
> gigs, hda6 .4gig swap, hda7 ten gigs. 
> 
> This is the wife's machine and she  L O V E S 
> knoppix, but I want the one and only cdrom (soon to be
> a cdrw) free, which when booted cd doesn't allow you
> to remove and use as it IS the os source. Dang desktop
> Ittys bittz machine netvista desktop..only one
> cdrom/5inch opening. Hey, what you expect for $40!
> 
> She only wants this machine for the internet
> side/research/whatever. She is writing a couple novels
> and that machine was formatted and re installed with
> Mcrap so it is isolated from the world.
> 
> OH, btw, this is written from the 'installed' ver now.
> 
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TJ