is knoppix worth installing onto hdd?

hey guys, i was just wondering what ya'll think of knoppix as a linus toy OS, like i would load it up on here on my windows machine, put it on the hdd as another OS and then try and learn all about linux from it? that would work right? all input it greatly apprecaited.

eric

 

so i'm going to put it on here, can anyone tell me how to set it up on your harddrive so you can boot to it like a OS, no cd? thanks.

eric

 

knoppix is a great Linux program that runs from the cd. I for once woundn't recomended to install it onto your hard drive because it's really a hassle. I tried and I get a particion error, no matter how many times I tried to partition it to a linux extencion particion it keeps telling me It's not. Well to make this short, I recomend installing REDHAT 9.0 for starts. It's not that difficult to install, I would say it's sort of like installing Windows. I would recomend to install Linux on a computer no latter than 1997. Because trying to configure old hardware is going to be a hassle.

I would recomend to read this manual to install REDHAT 9.0 http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/install-guide/

You could get the boot iso file here
http://mirrors.acm.jhu.edu/mirrors/linux/redhat-9.0/images/

And the REDHAT 9.0 iso files here
http://lame.lut.fi/linux/RedHat/9.0/en/iso/i386/
make sure they are the ones with the following disk sizes
638mb
646mb
485mb
yes they are three disks. And your going to need all of them to install it....


good luck....
pam.........

 

RH9 is old and does not have any recent technology. I recommend installing Fedora Core 2. Basically it is Red Hat with the latest technology upgrades and features. More widely supported on message boards as well.

http://fedora.redhat.com/

Download Fedora Core 2. Core 3 is like BETA and 1 is also old.

 

Actually, Fedora Core 3 final will be released officially on November 8. As it stands, they're already on FC3 Release Candidate 1. You could go with it and have very good luck, or you could wait just a bit longer for the final version. It's not really all that far into Beta.

I personally like Fedora and would recommend that, but I can think of two other easy to install and get started with distributions: Ubuntu Linux (which is based off of Debian) and SUSE Linux. Any of those three distributions should be easy to install and let you experience some of the the best of what Linux offers.

Any Linux distribution can be installed to a partition on your harddrive. The thing people like about Knoppix is that you can use it without actually having to install it to your computer. Generally, you'll want to use a different distro if you're going to do that.

 

awsome. thanks guys for all your imput.

eric

 

ok so when i download the iso images for fedora is my system 32-bit or 64-bit? how can i find out if i need to?

eric

 

Whats your processor? you can also right click on the desktop, click properties, and then click Settings. Then it should say either 32 bit or 64 bit.

 

its a dell p4 processor and the video is 32-bit. so is it asking for bit type for video or for processor?

eric

 

if its a p4 then its 32 bit.

 

gracias

eric