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Skriven 2006-08-15 20:37:00 av CHARLES ANGELICH (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av ROSS CASSELL
Ärende: just wondering
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Hello Ross - 

CA>>>> Depends what I want to have 'available'. I have a 250
CA>>>> gig drive in here. 

RC>>> Create a 10 or so gigger, more if you want. 

CA>> Of course but I was wondering what amount is 'reasonable'
CA>> for a KNOPPIX install to the hard drive. :-) 

RC> Dont settle for the minimums.. 

OK I did a 10 gigger. Knoppix uses under 3 gig for it's files
btw. 

I tried all 3 types of "install to the hard drive" and it
appears that the 'installer' alters hardware detection for each
of them (less not more). 

Where a boot from the CD detects my modem, the
installed-to-harddrive boots do NOT. 

Even more frustrating is that the boot from the CD Knoppix will
query the modem for AT commands, dialout, and at the point
where it _should_ send username/password it craps out
complaining either that the wait for PPP to start was too long
or that it cannot read files syslog.ppp, syslog, nor messages
all in the /var/log/ directory. 

I had similar problems with getting DOS dialup to work in part
because it was not documented particularly well and because so
few were using it no one really know from firsthand experience
HOW to get it configured. :-( 

I think I know why Linux isn't attracting more Windows users. 

btw: I've managed to get 3 other nini-Linux installs online
even completely replacing their dialers and PPP setups. I'm not
totally without experience. 

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RC>>> Vmware allows for additional hardware emulation and
RC>>> provisioning.. 

CA>> Such as? 

RC> USB, Sound, SCSI hdd's. etc. 

OK, I can see where some might want that. The lack of sound
within Knoppix did not thrill me one bit. 

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RC> If you had VMWARE setup on 3 machines ... 

RC> On machine B you had a knoppix VM installed. 

RC> You could start knoppix on machine B from machine A or C,
RC> by using the console to log into machine B.. You can also
RC> log into the VM by logging into the console from machine B
RC> using localhost. Conversely you can be logged into the same
RC> VM from all 3 machines at the same time.. 

RC> No need for VNC or SSH. 

Well I've never setup a in-home network because I never could
see a need for one. I still can't. :-) 

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