Welcome to Knoppix

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to Boot Knoppix from CD

1. Put CD in drive2. Shut down computer3. Start (boot up) computer

There may be just a couple of complications…

you MUST have (or configure) a system that checks for a boot from a CD BEFORE booting from the hard drive.

Source for directions to reconfigure on various systems: http://www.inventio.co.uk/gettingintothebios.htm

you MUST adjust for expected screen resolution

Easiest to enter the following at the first prompt: fb1024x768

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And then there aren’t the drivers…

• Much of your peripheral hardware will cease to be “plug and play”– You will have to tour the manufacturers’

websites for Linux-compatible drivers (if they exist yet)

• Since you may not have access to many of your secondary storage devices and your CD is being used for the operating system…– You may be limited to the storage space on

floppy disks for your A: drive to save files.

So, with just a few minor adjustments,

YOU ARE HERE!!!

Click to select a language

This gets you to the desktop

Okay, so how do I get from “HERE” to the application

software?

Actually, you don’t get this – it’s part of

the “screen capture

procedure

Access the Applications by using the pop-up menus from the task bar at the bottom of

your desktop

Start here for Windows-type applications

Web browsing with Mozilla

Word ProcessingClicking on this button opens the

word processing part of OpenOffice 1.1.1

SpreadsheetsClick on arrow for

other “Office”

applications, like “Calc”

PresentationsClick on arrow for

even more

“Office” applicatio

ns

Taking “Screen shots”• From the pop-up menu accessed by

clicking on this button, select “Root Shell”

Looks like this but in the middle

of your desktop

Type “import whatever.jpeg”

Press “Enter”

Click on window you wish to capture

Screenshots, continued• Click on “Home”•You will see your picture files

Now the little problem of Saving Files

•Drag the file icon from the “Home” window onto the desktop•Select “Move Here” from drop-down menu

Files moved to desktop

And now to get it onto some sort of storage medium..

Drag these (individuall

y)

To here

Then select “Move Here” from drop-down

menu

Where did it go?Or how to see the contents of a

directory• To see what was (or wasn’t) saved to

your disk, you must “mount” the storage device

• Go to Konsole/Root Shell• At the command prompt type:

cd /mnt/floppy

Press “Enter”

Seeing and changing the contents of a directory or file

Contents of root directory of a: drive

To see the contents of a text

file

HELP!!!Use the MANual

From the command line in the Root Shell type

Type

“man import”

You can find help with ANY command

Try “man mount”

•You can save any OpenOffice files to floppy by selecting “Save as” from the “File” option on the menu bar in any program.

•You will – by default – be saving them to “Home”. Then you follow the “screenshot procedure” to get them onto a floppy.

•You can save any OpenOffice file with MS Office file extensions (MyFile.doc, MyFile.xls, MyFile.ppt, etc.) – just select the file extension you want from the “Save As” options.

Other Miscellaneous Stuff

How do I get out of here?!!

• Click here

• Select “Log Out”

See you soon!!