Questions tagged [knoppix]
Knoppix is a Linux distribution designed to be run directly from a live CD, DVD or USB flash drive (however, it can also be installed on a hard drive.)
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Knoppix - Is it possible for the large files KNOPPIX, KNOPPIX1, KNOPPIX2 etc. to contain any user data?
I have an old Knoppix installation on a HDD with encrypted user data for which I have forgotten the password, i.e. I can no longer access my data in knoppix-data.aes. Unfortunately, I also cannot ...
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How to read full disk once and monitor progress/speed on old Linux? [duplicate]
I have an old PC here and I want to check the HDD. I want to read it once completely into /dev/null. While doing this I want to see the speed. Because the PC is old I couldn't boot a recent Debian ...
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Odd input/output error running the latest version of Knoppix
I have this error when I try to do most things.. bash: /usr/bin/program: Input/output error This is a fresh install of the latest Knoppix, running off of a USB. The hash is correct, so I don't know ...
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How do I make a cheat-code permanent on Knoppix 8.6.1?
Summary: How do I make the following cheat-code permanent on knoppix 8.6.1 on usb stick, because filesystem type is iso9660 (read-only) and won't let me edit /mnt-system/boot/isolinux/isolinux.cfg. ...
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Does the presence of cleartext sha1 sums in knoppix-data.aes indicate corruption?
This question is about the optional encryption of user data with the live Linux distribution KNOPPIX v6.2 (2009-11-18), which as I understand is based on Debian. I do not use this old version anymore,...
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How to remove a fire from the screen?
I've booted Knoppix with Compiz window manager on my MacBook and I've accidentally added a fire effect on the screen by holding ⌘-Shift and clicking on the screen. Now I see a fire burning effect on ...
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Booting KNOPPIX DVD to ram from grub prompt
I'm trying to boot KNOPPIX to RAM from the grub prompt. Booting using grub> set root=(cd1) grub> linux /boot/isolinux/linux lang=en grub> initrd /boot/isolinux/minirt.gz grub> boot works ...
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VFS: Cannot open root device "" or 03:02 when booting Damn Small Linux over PXE
I'm trying to set up a PXE boot server for multiple different OSes. So far I have it working with Linux Mint, Arch Linux, and a GParted image. I'm trying to do Damn Small Linux completely within RAM, ...
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