Posted by Captain Midnight on 08/28/07 17:08

"`" <ianw154@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
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> Hi .
>
> Managed to do it. Easiest way was to download the ISO recorder. Now it's
> just two click and it copies and extracts the ISO file onto the CD.
>
> Got Knoppix running great, only problem that I have to sort out now is
when
> I try to look at the partitions on the HDD it asks for a password -
haven't
> got a clue on that so I'll have to have a dig around on the Knoppix site
to
> see if I can get any help there.
>
> As a Side note. I seem the remember that you can format the HDD in the
> recorder from within the menu's. I check and sure enough the option is
there
> to format the HDD > I am going to drop a 160 gig HDD in the recorder today
> and format it and see what size it comes out at - I suspect that it will
> either crash or format to 80 gig. Worth a try though.
>
>
> "Captain Midnight" <Notany@twip.invalid> wrote in message
> news:46d3c18a$0$32532$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> > "`" <ianw154@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
> > news:18WdnSzs5PyPuk7bnZ2dnUVZ8sSrnZ2d@bt.com...
> >> I have downloaded the file KNOPPIX_V5.1.1CD-2007-01-04-EN.iso, burnt it
> > onto
> >> the CD and rebooted the PC ... it just boots in to windows an normal.>
I
> >> have checked my PC setup and after the floppy the CD drive is the next
> >> bootable drive ?
> >>
> >> Any suggestions.
> >>
> >>
> >> "Captain Midnight" <Notany@twip.invalid> wrote in message
> >> news:46d18641$0$16439$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> >> > "`" <ianw154@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
> >> > news:pbednTT-Dfg230zbRVnytgA@bt.com...
> >> >> Hi
> >> >>
> >> >> I have checked the DVD drive and it is a Toshiba Samsung SD-W3002.
It
> >> > looks
> >> >> like a standard drive to me.
> >> >>
> >> >> I have had the HDD out of the recorder, it's a maxtor 80 gig, and
> > hooked
> >> > it
> >> >> up to my PC using a USB to IDE adaptor. The problem is that the PC
> > say's
> >> >> mass storage device detected and ready to use but I can't see the
> >> >> drive
> >> >> in
> >> >> explorer. In device manager I can see the drive but in the
> >> >> properties -
> >> >> Volume tab there is no drive information - all blanks.
> >> >>
> >> >> Putting the HDD back into the recorder and it works fine.
> >> >>
> >> >> Ian
> >> >
> >> > It's probably formatted with a file system used in Linux. You can get
a
> >> > Knopix Linux distribution in an ISO. Burn the ISO to CD. Then you can
> > boot
> >> > into Knopix from the CD without putting anything on your PC. Knopix
has
> > a
> >> > GUI interface so it's not to hard to use for things like browsing a
> > drive.
> >> > It can be used to examine a Windows install that wont boot too. Good
> > tool
> >> > and gives a peek at Linux.
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >
> > Geeze, my 3.3 version is old. Been meaning to get a newer version.
> > Downloading it now. Slo-o-o-owly.
> >
> > Hopefully you know the ISO is an image and has to be burnt so the data
is
> > extracted. Not just putting the file on the disc. Can let you know what
> > the
> > disc should looks like as soon as I burn and test it. Seldom burn ISO
so
> > will be doing a little relearning.
> >
> >
>

Took almost an hour to DL on broadband. The Nero wizard reported a
successful burn numerous times without ever accessing the drive. When I
tried in the full program it invoked DVD Decryter which successfully burned
the disc. Shouldn't have needed DVD Decryter. Must be a shortcoming of
having it installed.

Knoppix V5 is quite an improvement. Mostly having the docs in English. Was
getting "failure to mount" on my drives past C: (in Windows) but they
displayed OK. Too late to continue then and out of time to play with it now.
Let us know how it turns out.

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