[ome-devel] Re: [ome-nitpick] OME Knoppix

[Tony Scelfo]

One of the tricky things with relying on Knoppix is that its tough to 
know when Knoppix will not work.

There are some knoppix "cheatcodes" that you can specify at the initial 
bootscreen instead of just hitting enter to boot.

Try "knoppix xvrefresh=60 xhrefresh=80" on the computer with the sync 
out-of-range problem.

Try "knoppix nodhcp" on the computer with the dhcp problem.

I don't think that it is the best idea to disable networking with an 
ome knoppix cd.  Its kind of nice to be able to launch a browser and 
pull up the ome documentation from the same computer that someone is 
testing ome on.  If the "knoppix nodhcp" command works, then a visible 
disclaimer can be made to say that if the computer is not going to be 
on the network, "knoppix nodhcp" will be needed to ensure that it works 
properly.

If you look on the cd, in the KNOPPIX folder, there is a file called 
knoppix-cheatcodes.txt.  That file has the complete listing of boot 
time parameters.  I think its also possible to get a listing of them by 
hitting something like F2 on the initial knoppix boot screen.  I can't 
check right now because I am surrounded by macs.

Tony

On Mar 28, 2005, at 4:58 PM, Tom Macura wrote:

> Hey Guys,
>
> Over the weekend I tried the OME Knoppix CD on my Family's (I don't do 
> Windows :) ) Windows boxes.
> It failed for both of them.
>
> On the first computer there were problems with X as previously 
> documented (sync out-of-range).
> On the laptop it got till `Network Device eth0 detected, DHCP 
> broadcasting for IP" and a very long wait ensued (30min at least). The 
> laptop wasn't connected by ethernet to the Internet. I gave up after 
> 30 minutes. Can we disable this option? OME Knoppix doesn't need the 
> Internet, does it?
>
> Sorry to report the bad news. I volunteer to carry out further testing 
> with new versions of the disk.
>
> Tom
>
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