[CS-FSLUG] Debian, Knoppix, Kanotix, etc.

[Timothy Butler]

The best bet might be to take the /etc/ folder from Knoppix and drop  
it into a normal Debian install. Perhaps boot to Knoppix, mount the  
said Debian install and then copy without ever installing Knoppix?

	-Tim

On Aug 20, 2006, at 8:47 PM, Ed Hurst wrote:

> Jerry VanBrimmer wrote:
>> Ed,
>>
>> I don't use nor have I used Knoppix for a long time. But I just had a
>> thought. Is it possible to install Knoppix to the hard drive, and  
>> then
>> set it up to track *only* the testing branch? I dunno, just a  
>> thought.
>
> With Knoppix, it would be exceedingly hard. As far as I can tell,
> apt-get (package manager) has to know what constitutes a legitimate
> replacement of installed packages. Since Knoppix uses such recent
> release numbers, and testing branch is mostly using lower numbers, I'd
> be waiting a long time for replacement to turn Knoppix into standard
> Debian. With the selection of oddball packages, I suspect the first  
> time
> I ran apt-get after changing the sources.list over to testing, if it
> worked at all, it would want to just about wipe the whole thing  
> because
> of dependencies, and I'd be forced to configure the replacements in  
> the
> Debian fashion. My last experience with Knoppix was a major battle  
> just
> updating from Knopper's unique sources.
>
> With Kanotix, I might come closer, but there are still some occasional
> dependency struggles, because while the packages are mostly standard,
> they are still drawn from unstable and experimental branches.
>
> I noticed a long list of Knoppix derivatives, for just about every
> peculiar emphasis imaginable, but nothing about a generic Debian
> installation.
>
> -- 
> Ed Hurst
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