https://mail.knoppix.net/wiki3/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Sh0t 2026-09-16T07:50:21Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.23.3 https://mail.knoppix.net/wiki/Poor-mans_install,_grub,_PDI 2006-03-07T12:58:35Z

<p>Sh0t: </p> <hr /> <div>= Summary =<br /> The goal is to boot Knoppix from the HDD using a bootloader (grub) and three files: the ISO, a swap file, and a persistent disk image (PDI).<br /> <br /> == Version 1: copy files from CD ==<br /> === Part 1: copy the files from the CD ===<br /> * boot with knoppix from the CD<br /> knoppix dma noswap vga=0 1<br /> <br /> * if you modify the environment variables, you should be able to copy and paste straight into a terminal<br /> &lt;pre&gt;<br /> # set environment variables<br /> drive=/dev/hda<br /> partition=/dev/hda1<br /> mountpoint=/mnt/hda1<br /> grub_partition=&quot;(hd0,0)&quot; # hda1 = hd0,0 -- format is (device,partition)<br /> <br /> # clear the entire drive - yes, all information will be lost<br /> { seq -f d$'\n'%g 64 -1 1 <br /> echo &quot;w&quot;<br /> } | fdisk ${drive} &gt;&amp; /dev/null <br /> fdisk -l ${drive}<br /> <br /> # Partition drive, creating a 1 GB partition that has the bootable flag set<br /> echo -e &quot;n\np\n1\n1\n+1G\na\n1\np\nw&quot; | fdisk ${drive}<br /> fdisk -l ${drive}<br /> <br /> # create filesystem<br /> mkfs.ext2 ${partition}<br /> <br /> # rebuild /etc/fstab<br /> rebuildfstab -r<br /> <br /> # mount the partition<br /> mount ${mountpoint}<br /> <br /> # install grub<br /> grub-install --root-directory=${mountpoint} ${drive}<br /> <br /> # copy the files from the CD to ${partition}<br /> cp -a /cdrom/ ${mountpoint}/knx402<br /> ls -la ${mountpoint}/knx402/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX<br /> <br /> # create /mnt/hda1/boot/grub/menu.lst<br /> cat &lt;&lt;eof &gt; ${mountpoint}/boot/grub/menu.lst<br /> timeout=5<br /> default=0<br /> title Knoppix 4.0.2 from ext2 hda1 ISO scan ramdisk=32MB<br /> kernel ${grub_partition}/knx402/boot/isolinux/linux \\<br /> ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us \\<br /> apm=power-off vga=0 nomce quiet fromhd=${partition} \\<br /> knoppix_dir=knx402/KNOPPIX config=scan home=scan \\<br /> ramdisk=32768 noprompt noeject -b 1<br /> initrd ${grub_partition}/knx402/boot/isolinux/minirt.gz<br /> boot<br /> title Memory test<br /> kernel ${grub_partition}/knx402/boot/isolinux/memtest<br /> eof<br /> wc -l ${mountpoint}/boot/grub/menu.lst<br /> <br /> # unmount hda1<br /> umount ${mountpoint}<br /> <br /> # boot from the HDD<br /> <br /> reboot<br /> <br /> &lt;/pre&gt;<br /> === Part 2: create a swapfile ===<br /> * boot knoppix from the HDD using grub<br /> * on entering emergency mode, execute these commands:<br /> &lt;pre&gt;<br /> mount -o remount,rw /cdrom<br /> dd if=/dev/zero of=/cdrom/knoppix.swp bs=1M count=40<br /> mkswap /cdrom/knoppix.swp<br /> chmod 0600 /cdrom/knoppix.swp<br /> swapon /cdrom/knoppix.swp<br /> swapon -s<br /> <br /> reboot<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;<br /> * to use on reboot, modify /etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig. Unfortunately, one has to do this each time at reboot.<br /> <br /> === Part 3: create a persistent disk image ===<br /> * boot knoppix from the HDD using grub<br /> * on entering emergency mode and modifying knoppix-autoconfig, execute these commands:<br /> &lt;pre&gt;<br /> rebuildfstab -r<br /> knoppix-mkimage # choose the defaults and the maximum size for a PDI<br /> <br /> exit<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;<br /> * to use on reboot, modify /etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig.<br /> <br /> === modifying knoppix-autoconfig to use swap and/or PDI ===<br /> * Unfortunately, one has to do this each time at reboot.<br /> &lt;pre&gt;<br /> { cat &lt;&lt;&quot;eof&quot;<br /> 1059c1059<br /> &lt; ext3|ext3|reiserfs|xfs) MOUNTOPTS=&quot;$MOUNTOPTS,noatime&quot; ;;<br /> ---<br /> &gt; ext2|ext3|reiserfs|xfs) MOUNTOPTS=&quot;$MOUNTOPTS,noatime&quot; ;;<br /> eof<br /> } | patch /etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig<br /> <br /> exit<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;<br /> <br /> * one solution is to put the above commands into a script saved as /cdrom/knx402/knx.sh. Then once one enters emergency mode all one has to do is type:<br /> /cdrom/knx402/knx.sh<br /> <br /> = Notes so far =<br /> <br /> &lt;pre&gt;<br /> <br /> knoppix dma bootfrom=/dev/hda1/k402.iso vga=0 1<br /> <br /> knoppix dma bootfrom=/dev/hda1/k402.iso vga=0 -b 1<br /> <br /> knoppix dma noprompt noeject vga=0 1<br /> <br /> {<br /> rmmod tulip<br /> modprobe de2104x<br /> pump -k<br /> pump -i eth0 &amp;<br /> <br /> alias mrw='mount -o remount,rw /cdrom'<br /> alias mro='mount -o remount,ro /cdrom'<br /> <br /> alias alias.save='alias &gt; ~/.aliases.bash' <br /> alias cls='clear' <br /> alias cp='cp -i' <br /> alias dir='ls -la' <br /> alias function.delete='unset -f' <br /> alias function.list='declare -f' <br /> alias function.save='declare -f &gt; ~/.functions.bash ' <br /> alias h='history' <br /> alias l.='ls .[a-zA-Z]* --color=tty' <br /> alias less='less -iX -S -# 10' <br /> alias ll='ls -l --color=tty' <br /> alias ls='ls --color=tty' <br /> alias more='less' <br /> alias mv='mv -i' <br /> alias path='echo $PATH' <br /> alias pause='kill -19' <br /> alias pd='cd -' <br /> alias perl='perl -MEnglish -w' <br /> alias rehash='hash -r' <br /> alias resume='kill -18' <br /> alias rm='rm -i' <br /> alias root='sudo su -' <br /> alias ssh='ssh -X' <br /> }<br /> alias.save <br /> <br /> <br /> ----<br /> simple install (non-iso)<br /> v1 - install using tohd, boot using fromhd, grub<br /> <br /> ## tohd<br /> # a &quot;/&quot; at the end of /dev/hda/ -- doesn't work. ext2<br /> knoppix dma noprompt noeject vga=0 tohd=/dev/hda1/ 1<br /> <br /> # sans &quot;/&quot; -- works. ext2<br /> knoppix dma noprompt noeject vga=0 tohd=/dev/hda1 1<br /> <br /> # specifying knoppix_dir -- doesn't work<br /> knoppix dma noprompt noeject vga=0 tohd=/dev/hda1 knoppix_dir=foo 1<br /> <br /> # specifying a subdir -- doesn't work. ext2<br /> knoppix dma noprompt noeject vga=0 tohd=/dev/hda1/foo 1<br /> <br /> # specifying fromhd -- works. ext2<br /> knoppix dma noprompt noeject vga=0 tohd=/dev/hda1 fromhd 1<br /> <br /> ## fromhd<br /> # specify fromhd -- works<br /> knoppix dma noprompt noeject vga=0 fromhd=/dev/hda1 1<br /> <br /> # specifying knoppix_dir as foo -- doesn't work, yet<br /> knoppix dma noprompt noeject vga=0 fromhd=/dev/hda1 knoppix_dir=foo -b 1<br /> <br /> # specifying knoppix_dir as KNOPPIX -- works<br /> knoppix dma noprompt noeject vga=0 fromhd=/dev/hda1 knoppix_dir=KNOPPIX -b 1<br /> <br /> # rename /dev/hda1/KNOPPIX to /dev/hda1/foo and specifying knoppix_dir as foo -- works<br /> knoppix dma noprompt noeject vga=0 fromhd=/dev/hda1 knoppix_dir=foo -b 1<br /> <br /> # mv /dev/hda1/KNOPPIX to /dev/hda1/foo and specifying knoppix_dir as foo/KNOPPIX -- works<br /> knoppix dma noprompt noeject vga=0 fromhd=/dev/hda1 knoppix_dir=foo/KNOPPIX -b 1<br /> <br /> ## grub<br /> # copy kernel and initrd to /foo<br /> cd /cdrom/boot/isolinux/<br /> cp -a minirt.gz linux memtest /mnt/hda1/foo/<br /> <br /> # modify grub stanza<br /> cd /mnt/hda1/boot/grub/<br /> cat &lt;&lt;eof &gt; menu.lst<br /> timeout=5<br /> default=0<br /> <br /> title Knoppix 4.0.2 from ext3 hda1 ISO scan ramdisk=32MB<br /> kernel (hd0,0)/foo/linux ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off vga=0 nomce quiet fromhd=/dev/hda1 knoppix_dir=foo/KNOPPIX config=scan home=scan ramdisk=32768 noprompt noeject -b 1<br /> initrd (hd0,0)/foo/minirt.gz<br /> boot<br /> <br /> <br /> title Memory test<br /> kernel (hd0,0)/foo/memtest<br /> <br /> eof<br /> <br /> # boot using grub -- works<br /> <br /> <br /> v2 - include a PDI<br /> create a pdi on /dev/dha1. So far, booting with this PDI hasn't worked. Looks like theres a bug in /etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig. The code has two RegExs for ext3 and none for ext2. The solution is to boot using the -b cheatcode, modify /knoppix-autoconfig, and continue booting. 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