[ale] USB Pen Drive and Knoppix

[debrihmi at chaos706.org (Debrihmi)]

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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