[NBLUG/talk] Knoppix 3.6 hdd install question

Kyle Rankin kyle at nblug.org
Fri Sep 3 13:37:21 PDT 2004


On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 12:31:31PM -0700, Robert Hayes wrote:
> I'm wiping my laptop, and want to install from the Knoppix 3.6 live CD.
> 
> It boots from the switch Knoppix26 using the 2.6 kernel and finds and runs 
> everything just fine. (Drop to knees, say small prayer of thanks.)
> 
> I want to install the 2.6 kernel to the harddrive, but don't see any options 
> for it with knx2hd. 
> 
> If I boot the CD with the switch Knoppix26 then run knx2hd will that determine 
> the kernel version to use and install 2.6 on the hard drive?
> 
> Thanks all!
> 
> Have a safe Holiday weekend! 
> 

In Knoppix 3.6 (and 3.4) the installer was renamed to knoppix-installer
(maybe there's a symlink with the older names) but yes when you install it,
it actually installs both the 2.4 and 2.6 kernels, and once it finishes,
you will get both kernels as boot options. 

To change to the 2.6 kernel by default, the most you might have to do is
edit /etc/lilo.conf and re-run lilo from the installed machine.

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