Knoppix Live to Harddrive

[n00b 0f l337]

I have just finished burning the image to a Cd of Knoppix 3.6v in order to get my computer into the realm of linux. It works perfect, but is there anyway to install it completly from the cd? Or is it live-cd action only?

Also another question...
I have 2 harddrives in my computer. One is attached and one is just sitting there unnatched. The one attached holds windows XP, and the unnatched is MEPIS. I have used mepis by unnatching the XP and swapping to MEPIS. But I don't like MEPIS and I'd like to dual boot. What would happen if I attached them both and booted?

Also thank you all who run these forums!!!!

[saikee]

To install Knoppix onto a hard drive the command is "knoppix-installer". Issue the command as the root user. On a Live CD you can achieve that status by just typing "su".

Had 3 disks attached myself and booting 3 copies of XP and 16 Linux. Have a look at my signature for clues and booting menu.

[n00b 0f l337]

Maybe I'm just stupid...
Since XP's on a 40gb and so is Mepis on its own 40gb how should i get them to coexist before i destroy Mepis for Debian?

[saikee]

My Linux distros typically are housed in 5Gb partition each.

You can hook the Linux disk as master and Window disk as slave.

Boot up Linux, log in as root, do a fdisk -l to ensure the disk naming convention. I predict your Mephis in hda1 and the Windows in hb1 partition.

From memory Mepis uses Grub. Just edit the text file /boot/grub/menu.lst to add

titile This is my Windows for dual boot
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
chainloader +1

Line 1 is just the description you want to see on the boot screen
Line 2 tell Grub where is the partition to be loaded. Grub counts from zero and so (hd1,0)=hdb1
Line 3 is the standard method to chainload an OS in Linux.

Next time you boot Windows will be there waiting for you.

[n00b 0f l337]

Hmmm,
My MEPIS harddrive seems to be messing around. Won't detect mouse movement, so I'm burning the ISO's to CD's of mandrake 10.0. From there I'll overwrite MEPIS harrdrive, is it the same lines of code to then dual?

[saikee]

If you install Mandrake from new it will boot your Windows if it is connected. No need to raise a finger. Time to feel the power of a Linux bootloader, mate.

You don't have to format all the space in the hard disk. Give Mandrake 5 Gb. My Mandrake 10 is only 2.37 Gb big. Create hda1, hda2 and hda3 as primary each 5Gb and put Mandrake in hda1. Then create a small logical partition, which becomes hda5, of say 3 times your physical meory. Then leave the rest of the space unallocated.

If you create a logical partition after hda1 then all the rest of the space will become extended partition hda4. My suggestion is to provide hda2 and hda3 for later use. An extended partition is in name only and has no usable space inside. You can make Lilo boot to partition 16. Above that Grub is the only one willing to go further.

In future if you place (or duplicate) the bootloader in every Linux's own partition then every new installed Linux will pick out the previous distros for booting. It is just one line command and you can post for it when you are ready.

Pulling the hard disk connectors to control booting belongs to the dark ages. Linux has many goodies and the bootloader is one of them!