We should have a copy or two of 3.8 at the Installfest... But then again we will have a quite a few 3.7's as well :) And only two of the north american sites have 3.8 but almost all the british sites do (go figure) On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, ec wrote: > Haven't found 3.8 on an ftp site. I haven't figured > out bittorrent yet! Low end 'it' person here..er, dah, > dah, dit type almost. > > You know, the one's you hackers need to dumb down > linux for!! Hehehe. > > --- Bryan.ONeal@asu.edu wrote: > > > Not a solution, just a coment... If your already > > going through all this trouble > > why not jump to Knoppix 3.8? > > > > Quoting ec : > > > > > Yeah, run that on MY system, but this is the > > wife's > > > and she wont run/use any FULLY installed system. > > She > > > first learned on Knoppix and that is that! > > > > > > SOOO, I need to get a "poor man's Install' which > > is > > > basically a boot from cdrom of a mirrored image of > > the > > > iso. That is as close to a 'install' as she will > > go. > > > We had 3.6, but I made the mistake of giving her a > > 3.7 > > > disk. She then got the wild hair to wipe the drive > > and > > > put it on there as the only item. > > > > > > Somehow, I cannot get the boot process to mirror > > it > > > onto the hd! You should be able to do: > > > > > > boot: knoppix26 tohd /dev/hde1 > > > > > > And then when it prints out the colored stuff > > (about > > > 4th line or so) that says something like accessing > > > cdrom, it then says something like: > > > > > > Copying cdrom to hde1, please wait. > > > > > > But it just skips right on by that and brings it > > up > > > with the usual kernal 2.6.9 and runs off the > > cdrom. > > > > > > The usual thing is that IF it is mirrored, it is > > > faster, much so, and the cdrom is free'd up right > > > after the very first two lines after you hit the > > enter > > > at > > > > > > boot: knoppix fromhd statement. > > > > > > That allows you to use the burner and etc. > > > > > > But what I am wondering is why it wont see the hd > > and > > > just skips over the command without > > commet/error/etc.? > > > > > > Is it something in the setup of the reformatted > > hd? > > > Not sure. or what??? It wont write to the logical > > > partitions... gives errors about writing when you > > try > > > to save something even when booted up and running > > off > > > the cdrom!! > > > > > > Makes me think something is messed up in the > > > format/whatever. > > > > > > I am running a different machine right now booted > > up > > > with the very same iso. md5sums checked out okay > > and > > > all. > > > > > > > > > --- Mark Jarvis > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Have you tried Mepis? > > > > > > > > -mj- > > > > > > > > ec wrote: > > > > > > > > > Wife wanted me to wipe out the hd. We copied > > > > (twice) > > > > > to cdrom 'her files'. > > > > > > > > > > I used three different partition managers and > > > > cannot > > > > > get even Knoppix to write to them. > > > > > > > > > > Knoppix will 'save config', make swap file, > > but > > > > will > > > > > not write from OO.o or kwrite. > > > > > > > > > > This is a Gateway kludge in that apparently > > there > > > > is a > > > > > secondary disk controller similiar to this > > > > machine. It > > > > > is built in whereas this one is an addon card > > for > > > > a > > > > > modern hd (not one of the old pio3/4 types). > > the > > > > > reason I believe it has a secondary controller > > is > > > > > several fold. > > > > > 1. First drive (primary) is hde1 not hda1 and > > all > > > > > 'logicals' are hdeX also. > > > > > 2. That is the way this ole 350 denotes drives > > > > also > > > > > with its secondary controller. (like that > > promise > > > > > ultra 66 card that was given away at eastside > > > > > thursday.) > > > > > > > > > > Well, 'the power to be', er, the wife, doesn't > > > > want an > > > > > installed system, but rather a 'poorman's > > install' > > > > of > > > > > knoppix. > > > > > > > > > > Knoppix boots from cd, but wont copy to hd. > > > > > > > > > > Strange that BEFORE I resized and reformatted > > the > > > > hd, > > > > > she had no problems booting to Knoppix3.6 > > > > 'poorman's > > > > > install' version. It had a crippled w98 on > > hde1 > > > > and a > > > > > one disk Suse 9 on one partition. > > > > > > > > > > I cannot get it to reinstall even that 'poor > > > > man's' > > > > > mirrored iso image! It just skips the 'knoppix > > > > > cheatcode' to do so! > > > > > > > > > > Strange! > > > > > > > > > > May have to drag it down to ASU Saturday, but > > > > would > > > > > love to fix it here. > > > > > > > > > > Cyclists should expect and demand safe > > > > > accommodation on our public roads, > > > > > just as does every other user. > > > > > > > > > > Nothing more is expected. > > > > > > > > > > Nothing less is acceptable! > > > > > > > > > > Long live Knoppix!! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > > > Yahoo! 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