[...]... and hit Enter to boot the Knoppix CD The Knoppix Boot Prompt Once you have booted from either a CD, DVD, or a floppy, you are presented with the Knoppix boot screen, as shown in Figure 1-1 Figure 1-1 The Knoppix boot screen To boot directly into Knoppix, either hit Enter or wait a few seconds, and Knoppix will start the boot process At this boot prompt, you can enter special Knoppix cheat codes [Hack... or just close the window in which it is running Chapter 1, Boot Knoppix | 5 #2 HACK #3 Get Knoppix Figure 1-2 Running Knoppix from a virtualized host with Qemu H A C K #3 Get Knoppix Hack #3 Knoppix can be downloaded from the Knoppix mirrors or purchased from an online site This book includes a copy of Knoppix 5.1.1 DVD from 2007-01-04 (KNOPPIX_ V5.1.1DVD-2007-01-04-EN), which was the last release in... log out of the desktop environment, Knoppix shuts down and ejects the disk for you If you use a floppy to boot Knoppix, remember to eject it, or the next time you start your computer, it will try to boot into Knoppix again If Knoppix doesn’t boot, refer to the different cheat code hacks, starting with [Hack #4], which provide Knoppix hardware-detection hints “Solve Knoppix Booting Problems” of [Hack... of Knoppix might give you better results Sometimes new features are added in incremental releases in the form of improved hardware detection, extra Knoppix configuration tools, or new cheat codes [Hack #4] In general, if you need to address a problem with your Knoppix disk, the latest release might fix it 6 | Chapter 1, Boot Knoppix HACK Get Knoppix Download Knoppix To obtain the latest version of Knoppix, ... codes, to tweak the settings Knoppix uses as it boots Chapter 2, Use Your Knoppix Desktop Knoppix boots directly into a full KDE desktop environment This chapter covers all of the features of the Knoppix desktop and introduces the major desktop and Internet applications Knoppix includes, as well as how to connect to the Internet Use this chapter to get up to speed on the Knoppix desktop Chapter 3, Tweak... booting Knoppix from a floppy disk and from the network The second part of this chapter covers cheat codes—options you pass at the boot: prompt in Knoppix to change its behavior When talking about cheat codes, I’m really talking about ways in which Knoppix s hardware detection and support might fail and how to work around such failures By the end of this chapter, you should be comfortable with booting Knoppix. .. the computer), and after your system boots and detects the Knoppix disk, you will be placed at the Knoppix boot prompt Boot Knoppix from a Floppy Some older computers do not support booting directly from a CD-ROM For these computers, you must first create a boot floppy that enables the system to boot from the Knoppix disk With older versions of Knoppix there were tools available to allow you to create... Windows The Preface | xxi final chapters focus on Knoppix as a platform to create other live CDs with an introduction to many popular Knoppix- based distributions and steps to create your own Chapter 1, Boot Knoppix Before you can use Knoppix, you must get it booted on your system This chapter guides you through the process of getting the latest version of Knoppix and booting it on your hardware The main... itself, the next two chapters provide you with a guide to the Knoppix desktop and a primer for the major desktop software Knoppix includes If you find you really like the Knoppix desktop and want to use it on a system permanently, go to Chapter 4 for steps to install Knoppix directly to your computer The middle chapters cover more advanced uses for Knoppix, particularly for system administration and recovery... H A C K #2 Boot Virtualized Knoppix Hack #2 Try out the Knoppix DVD in a self-contained virtualized environment on Windows without rebooting your computer While it’s certainly very easy to boot a Knoppix disk to try it out, you may want to show Knoppix to a friend or try it out without rebooting the computer and closing any windows you currently have open If you have the Knoppix DVD, there is a solution . Boot Knoppix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1. Boot Knoppix on a Desktop 2 2. Boot Virtualized Knoppix 5 3. Get Knoppix 6 4. Use Knoppix. EDITION Kyle Rankin Beijing • Cambridge • Farnham • Köln • Paris • Sebastopol • Taipei • Tokyo Knoppix Hacks, ™ Second Edition by Kyle Rankin Copyright © 2008 O’Reilly Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed. Edition. November 2007: Second Edition. Nutshell Handbook, the Nutshell Handbook logo, and the O’Reilly logo are registered trademarks of O’Reilly Media, Inc. The Hacks series designations, Knoppix