[ale] USB Pen Drive and Knoppix

[Dow Hurst]

Nice tips!  Just shows how installations may not benefit from having 
hotswap devices present.  Thanks,
Dow


Debrihmi wrote:

>Hello there!
>
>I've done some playing around with Knoppix 3.2 and have found some rather 
>interesting things that are not covered in the FAQs..
>
>I've been operating under some mistaken assumptions (yes, i know..) which 
>were set straight today..  
>
>Mistake One:
>First of all, when running on a Pentium II / 330Hhz / 64MB RAM / Win95, I 
>aborted Knoppix load when prompted with the "need more RAM, do you want to 
>use DOS partition" message.  Had I chosen 'NO' it would have still started an 
>X session with no monster KDE. This X session gives you all menu options and 
>full application usage (right click on background) which put the rest of 
>these 'mini Live distros' to shame..  Just DO NOT load Open Office unless you 
>like pain..
>
>Mistake Two:
>If you insert a USB Pen Drive then boot into Knoppix on an inferior system, 
>Knoppix will ask you if you DO want to use, "/sda1" as a swap file as it does 
>recognize the Pen Drive as a device..  The catch? (but of course there's a 
>catch!) The Pen Drive needs to be 60MB or greater or else it is useless for 
>swap..
>
>Hope this helps someone..
>
>~
>Debrihmi
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