Adding Knoppix to the Linux Bootloader Menu

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4th December 2006

ADDING KNOPPIX TO THE LINUX BOOTLOADER MENU

Brian Grainger

Using Notepad, or your favourite text editor, open up the menu.lst file that was downloaded in step 1. Windows XP users will find it at the top of the C drive. Windows 9x users will find it in the c:\boot\grub folder.

If you have a Knoppix Live CD and a Windows 9x machine Add the following lines IMMEDIATELY BEFORE the last line of ######### symbols

title Knoppix 4.0.2
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/knoppix.402/linux ramdisk_size=100000 fromhd=/dev/hda1
knoppix_dir=/boot/knoppix.402 knoppix_name=KNOPPIX init=/etc/init lang=uk
nomce dma
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/knoppix.402/minirt.gz
boot

Notes: The 'kernel' line and the indented two lines below are typed as ONE line with a space between each parameter.

Close the Notepad window and click Yes when asked Do you want to save the changes.

The parameters after 'kernel (hd0,0)/boot/knoppix.402/linux' are known as 'cheat codes' within the Knoppix community. They are used to cater for the variations between hardware that Knoppix may encounter. The ones used in the line above are the basic necessary to run Knoppix on a machine with a UK keyboard.

Change 'lang=uk' to something more suitable if you use another keyboard. If no parameter is specified the keyboard layout will be US or German, depending on the Live CD obtained.

'dma' speeds up disk access. If you encounter problems with booting Knoppix this may safely be removed.

Similarly 'nomce' can be removed if problems are encountered.

Do NOT remove any of the other cheat codes above.

You may ADD extra cheat codes should your hardware demand them. You are advised to read the file knoppix-cheatcodes.txt in the \KNOPPIX directory of the Live CD for further information on some of the available codes.

That's the end of Step 4

Click HERE to proceed to Final Comments

Information for Technical Users: Please click HERE if your Windows OS is not on the first partition of the first hard disk or the linux or minirt.gz files are not located on the Windows partition.

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