Contents • • • • • • • • • Overview [ ] This section explains the bootup options for Knoppix. Use these options to fine-tune Knoppix for your hardware and speed it up. Enabling DMA [ ] The first and foremost way to make Knoppix run faster that almost everyone can use is to. It stands for Direct Memory Access.

Knoppix 2: Textmode only (runlevel 2) knoppix 1: Single user mode. If necessary, install a network card in the no-boot computer, and Knoppix will find and use it.

It improves the speed of hard disk drives and it can also help CD-ROM drives. DMA is not supported on all computers, so Knoppix turns it off by default.

To enable DMA, add 'dma' to your boot command, for example: knoppix lang=uk dma To of the hard disk drive, click the Knoppix menu, choose “Root Shell” and enter: hdparm -t /dev/hda Replace “ hda” with the device name of your hard drive appropriately. After a pause of about 3 seconds, you will get a little report that will tell you how fast your hard drive reads data. DMA makes a pretty big difference. For example, look at these sample test results: Drive Without DMA With DMA Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM IDE 8.5 MB/sec 26.8 Mb/sec If you only have a single CD drive [ ] Knoppix takes over your CD drive and you can't eject it during your session. What if you want to use the CD drive for something else? For example, you may want to create CDs using a CD-ReWritable drive. If you only have one CD drive, this will be a problem.

Luckily, there is a solution. It is possible to run Knoppix from a hard drive or RAM, freeing up the CD drive for other tasks. Transferring to a hard disk partition [ ] partition means copying the CD contents onto a hard disk. This is called “copying the CD image”.

Once this is done, Knoppix starts in the normal way but from the hard drive instead the CD-ROM drive. This gives improved performance, because hard disk drives are generally much faster than CD-ROM drives. It also frees up your CD-ROM drive for other tasks. It does not affect the existing files on the hard drive. All it does is use up hard drive space, which can be reclaimed later. To transfer to a hard disk partition, you need: • An MS-DOS, FAT or Linux formatted hard disk partition. NTFS (native Windows NT/2000/XP) partitions cannot be used.

• At least 700 Mb free space on the partition. At the boot prompt, enter this command. Replace “device” with the device name of the hard disk partition that you want to use. Knoppix tohd=device For example, suppose you have Windows 98. You probably have Windows installed on the first partition of the primary master IDE drive. In this case, use: knoppix tohd=/dev/hda1 Knoppix will start from CD, copy itself to the specified device and then continue loading from there.

You can then take the Knoppix CD out of the drive. Re-using an existing image [ ] You only need to copy the CD image to the hard disk once.

Next time, you can, without having to copy the CD image again. At the boot prompt, enter this command. Replace “device” with the device name of the hard disk partition where the Knoppix CD image is located. Knoppix fromhd=device For example: knoppix fromhd=/dev/hda1 Knoppix will start from CD, pick up the CD image from the specified device and continue loading.

You can then take the Knoppix CD out of the drive. Deleting the image [ ] In Windows, remove the “KNOPPIX” directory from the hard drive using Windows Explorer. This will give back the hard drive space occupied by the CD image.

Transferring to RAM [ ] If you have 828 Mb or more of RAM, you can copy the Knoppix CD image to RAM. After an initial wait, transferring to RAM gives dramatically improved performance, and the Knoppix CD is not needed. You need 828 Mb of RAM because the first 700 Mb is used for the CD image. The remaining 128 Mb is used for the system and applications. At the boot prompt, enter this command: knoppix toram Knoppix will start from CD, transfer the CD image to RAM, and continue loading. Once transfer to RAM has completed, you can take the Knoppix CD out of the drive.

More hardware options [ ] These options let you fine-tune Knoppix for your particular hardware. They can be combined in any order. For example, to start Knoppix with the US language/keyboard, a wheel mouse, a screen resolution of 800x600 and Direct Memory Access (DMA) enabled for hard drives, type this at the boot prompt: knoppix lang=uk wheelmouse screen=800x600 dma Knoppix assumes you have a laptop.

It starts up with PCMCIA (credit card adapter) interface support enabled by default. If you have a desktop computer, rather than a laptop, you can improve performance slightly by typing the “ nopcmcia” option at the boot prompt. For example, to start the computer with the US locale, a wheel mouse, a screen resolution of 1024x768, and no PCMCIA: knoppix lang=us wheelmouse screen=1024x768 nopcmcia If you have less than 128 Mb RAM [ ] After loading the kernel and the base system, Knoppix looks to see how much RAM is left. The kernel and the base system takes about 20 Mb of RAM. The remainder is called free RAM, or available RAM. Knoppix checks to see if there is a Linux swap partition available.

You may have a swap partition if you have previously installed Linux on the hard disk. If so, Knoppix will use the existing swap partition automatically. If there is less than 80,000 Kb free RAM, Knoppix will prompt you to create a swap file. A swap file lets you use part of the hard disk as if it were RAM. This trick lets you run Knoppix in full, even when you have less than 128 Mb RAM. For example, it is possible to run Knoppix successfully on a computer with only 64 Mb of RAM.

However, you pay a performance penalty, because swap is much slower than physical RAM. To, you need a hard disk with at least one partition that is formatted with the FAT filesystem. NTFS formatted partitions cannot be used. • Start Knoppix in the usual way.

Books about KNOPPIX • • Books in japanese language with the japanese edition of KNOPPIX from: What is KNOPPIX ®? KNOPPIX is a compilation of GNU/Linux software, run completely from CD, DVD or flash disk. It automatically detects and supports a wide range of graphics adapters, sound cards, USB devices and other peripheral devices.

KNOPPIX can be used as a Linux demo, for training courses, as rescue system or as a platform for commercial software product demos. It is not necessary to install anything on fixed disk. Because of its transparent decompression, up to 2 gigabyes of executable software can be present on a CD, and up to 10GB on a single-layered DVD. Presentations and program sources • Knoppix talk, Feb 2003 (PDF, German) • Knoppix reloaded - Remastering Knoppix, May 2004 (PDF, German) • From the Attic: First KNOPPIX paper for the Annual Linux Showcase 2000 (English) • Included Software Depending on your choice of CD or DVD, a variety of software packages from the Debian software repositories () is installed. The CD version contains at least: • as the standard desktop, •, • the, • GNU Image Manipulation Program, •, • Internet-access software for (W)LAN, modem, isdn, umts/gprs, • Tools for data rescue, network analysis and system repair. The DVD version contains additional software packages for office productivity as well as software development and engineering (various programming languages and development environments), education and gaming. Most also have a list of included software called packages.txt or packages-dvd.txt.

System Requirements • Intel/AMD-compatible CPU (i486 and up), • RAM: at least 120 MB for the graphical desktop. Recommended for working with various office applications: 500MB RAM, • a bootable CD-ROM/DVD drive (IDE/ATAPI/SATA, Firewire, USB), or USB flash disk, • a standard SVGA-compatible graphics chipset, • PS/2 or USB Mouse. Starting KNOPPIX In order to start from CD, DVD or USB flash disk, adjust the boot selection menu or your computers BIOS setup in order to start from the desired device.

Everything else works (almost) automatically. In the USB flash disk variant, it is possible to store your own settings and additionally installed software permanently via 'overlay', so that the system behaves just like a 'real harddisk' installation.

New: For computers that cannot start directly from USB, there is a 'boot only' CD-variant available, which can be used together with a previously created Knoppix USB flash drive. Using this boot CD, the system starts from CD drive first, and then switches and continues to run on the USB flash drive. Getting KNOPPIX Via postal mail Download from Mirrors You can order the newest beta versions of KNOPPIX from various independent vendors and have them sent to you by mail. KNOPPIX Bugtracking, Forums and Offers An english forum can be found at the KNOPPIX contrib site. Developers and people interested in technical discussions can subscribe to the Knoppix developers' list. Of course, it is favourable that beta testers will contribute.

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