[Glastonbury] Dear Mabel

[peter cole]

On Sun, 2004-12-05 at 11:17, Peter Fry wrote:
> All
> 
> Thanks for an interesting evening and the chance to pick some brains.
> 
> I tried the Knoppix CD about a year ago and was a bit disappointed with the
> performance and never tried again till yesterday when I remembered that I'd
> upgraded my PC from 700MHz to 2.8GHz in the summer. Being a bit fired up
> after the meeting I loaded Knoppix and the performance was really good.
> Before I new it I was checking my email, browsing the web and playing MP3
> stuff.
> 

You can also install a virus scanner whilst running knoppix to scan the
hard drives for virus's 
> Now that I've seen Sean risk his laptop with a version of Linux co-existing
> with XP (and still be cheerful two days later) I'm keen to do the same. I
> like the Knoppix desktop so what flavour of Linux can anyone recommend that
> would give me the same features.
> 
> Also, in the meantime, can anyone suggest how I can save certain settings
> needed for e.g. email, proxy etc. while I'm in Knoppix so that I can load
> them back in next time I run it?
> 
To save your settings click K menu - Knoppix = Configure - save
settings  
This will activate a program which will guide you through saving you
settings and what media you are saving them on ( usb Key) 

next time you boot knoppix you will need to enter a cheat code  ( this
means as soon as knoppix boots in lilo you need to neter this line for
the boot process to know where you settings are 
myconfig=scan

this means knoppix will scan all devices that it finds to look for the
settings file 

> Also, how can I connect to / mount a directory on my Red Hat server from
> Knoppix? suppose I want to save files in /var/www/html on the Red Hat
> server which is at 192.168.0.19 (RHTEST1.MYDOMAIN.LOCAL)  I don't know if
> Knoppix allocates an IP address for the local machine.
> 

I take it by this you mean that  you are connected over the network to
your redhat server. 

First off you will need to export  /var/www/html via NFS i normally use
webmin for this but in /etc there is a file called exports the details
need to be entered in here this is a bit tricky as i am not sure of all
of the syntax. read man pages ( or install webmin) 

Once this is done your machine running knoppix you will need to set the
network up using the knoppix button on the task bar you up to the
network/internet tab and then to the network configuration enter ip
addresses as approiate .

To mount  the nfs drvie you cn alter the /etc_fstab file  
Or ( I  am using the knoppix hacks book now )

you must reconfigure LISa 
in a terminal 
sudo mv /etc/lisarc /etc/lisarc.bak
sudo kcontrol

this opens op kde control center click on the internet and network -
local network browsing
select the LISa tab  and click LISa guided setup

go though all of the options and apply 

next in a terminal 
sudo /etc/init.d/lisa start

now from the kmenu open you home folder  and type lan://localhost this
should then list all of the machines on the network. 

Sorry that this is a bit long winded. 

regards 

Peter Cole

> Any help gratefully received.
> 
> Peter F
> 
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