[ale] Knoppix

[James P. Kinney III]

Should've left them the Knoppix CD :)

On Wed, 2003-10-29 at 20:51, Bob Owen wrote:
> Before I bought a Toshiba 5205 from Ckt City, I wanted to make sure that 
> it would run Linux.  I took a copy of Knoppix into the store and tried 
> to make it boot from the CDROM.  I didn't know how to get it to boot 
> from the CDROM. After asking several clerks I finally found one who said 
> to hit F12 first and then I could make it boot.  It did and looked 
> beaustiful.  It impressed some of the other people there.  I bought the 
> laptop and am running SUSE 8.2 and am  really happy with it.
> 
> Bob
> 
> James P. Kinney III wrote:
> > That is a GREAT idea!! If the stores floor model will run KNOPPIX, it'll
> > run any thing Linux you can throw at it.
> > 
> > On Wed, 2003-10-29 at 20:17, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> > 
> >>I have watched a few threads hre in regards to Knoppix.  If I
> >>want to validate hardware before purchasing is Knoppix the tool
> >>to use?  I also want a recovery CD that has more that the LNX-BBC.
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Chris
> >>
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