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emKnoppix is distributed as a ready to run images and the source filesystem.

Ready to run image

Download the ready to run image from here, and follow the README and INSTALL. README and INSTALL are also reproduced here for your convienence.

README

Welcome to emKnoppix. Thanks for downloading. This release is beta and should be used for testing only. In particular I have not added any functionality to this release except sshd. But this release should enable to get a feel of emknoppix and test it out. Please see INSTALL file for installation instructions.

I have removed some drivers from the compiled kernel. So if your hard disk uses them, it may not work. Please get in touch with me if you need any assistance at raj at linuxense.com.

Finally this comes with absolutely no warranty. Don't blame me if your machine breaks.

INSTALL

Installing emKnoppix step by step

  1. untar the archive at the root of a partition, which do not contain your system's boot or etc directory. So normally it will be any partition other than your root partition.
  2. Edit your grub.conf to add these entries. 
    title emKnoppix
        root=(hd0,5)
        kernel=(hd0,5)/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-xfs
        initrd=(hd0,5)/boot/miniroot.gz
    where (hd0,5) is where I have untarred the emKknoppix.tar.bz2
  3. reboot

If you are installing it in a Disk on Chip or on a blank hard disk, then you have to install grub separately. For that

  1. boot from a rescue disk with grub support
  2. copy the files as instructed before
  3. make directory boot/grub
  4. create boot/grub/grub.conf with above contents, modified appropriately
  5. execute grub-install
  6. launch grub and give following command at grub prompt 
    grub> install (hd0,5)/boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0,5)/boot/grub/stage2 p (hd0,5)/boot/grub/grub.conf
    Please see www.linuxgazette.com/issue64/kohli.html for more information.

Please contact me at raj at linuxense dot com if you have any problems. I am not using lilo, so cannot give the precise instructions. But it should not be difficult to boot using lilo. If you are able to boot and send me the instructions, I will include it in the next version.

Source filesystem

This is the original source filesystem from which the Ready to run image was generated. Please see Howto for more information on emKnoppix hacking.