Is it possible to have a knoppix.iso installed on a thumbdrive and still be able to use the portable apps in knoppix?(under wine). I was wondering because I will be getting an 120gig usb hdd and i want to partition it to be able to run knoppix.. and a few other batch files. It would be nice to be able to have a barebone knoppix.iso and just use the portable apps.
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well if u place an extracted iso on the hd then u set up a boot manager like lilo or grub, syslinux ( http://syslinux.zytor.com/ ) then sure its possible
) for that also another Linux Distro made for this would be Slax www.slax.org
or u can repartition the drive for two partitions one set to boot with knoppix and one with data check out Parted Magic(http://partedmagic.com/) since Gparted is not in active development anymore
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hi... I have done that to my 2GB USB Drive. The step is to create at least 2 partitions. say FAT32 for PortableApps and EXT3 for Linux. The real trick is to make sure the FAT32 partition in the beginning of the block and follow by EXT3 partition, and make the EXT3 partition as bootable ( I use GParted to do the job). Below are steps: I use Puppy Linux as it's design for such use.
Steps:
1. Download Puppy Linux ISO Image (www.puppylinux.com)
2. Use any CD Burner to image a CD with the Puppy Linux ISO.
3. Boot a PC with the Puppy Linux CD.
4. Open "Gnome Partitions Editor" and delete existing partitions from your USB Drive(BACK-UP YOUR DATA FIRST!)
5. Create a FAT16 or FAT32 primary partition at the beginning of record, you may reserver about 250MB for Puppy Linux.
6. Create another EXT3 partition with whatever MegaBytes you have left and APPLY the changes.
7. Select the second EXT3 partition and make in bootable (BOOT flag).
8. Use Puppy Universal Installer to install Puppy Linux into your second EXT3 partitions.
9. Now you may start-up windows and install Portable Applications as usual.
10. That's all for the USB, Linux and Portable Application. ALL IN ONE
p/s: please be sure the FAT16/32 partition are at beginning of the record, otherwise Windows will get blur! and see nothing from your USB Drive. Not an issues at all for Linux though!
p/s2: By default Windows will not see the Linux at all, but you can see everything from Linux.
Best of Luck,
iggyboy
Pendrivelinux.com has a KNOPPIX tutorial.
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Depending on the Linux you wish to use you do not even need two partitions. Puppy e.g you can even boot from a stick which is pre-formatted with FAT32.
My stick is a FAT32 too and I have configured it to be able to choose from various Linux to boot into (BT2, SAM, MCNL or Puppy)... A german description of how to enable a multi-boot environment easily can be found in the SAM forum (LiveCD). A lot more information around booting questions can be found in the 911cd.net forums...
yes most recent linux kernels have the ability to boot from a fat32 partition but it is decreased performance as well as giving co-workers and friends the ability to delete and or mess up ure Linux distro
so it would be better to have a separate partition to hide from prying eyes 
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