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Welcome to Knoppix

Welcome to Knoppix. jlh. to Boot Knoppix from CD. Put CD in drive Shut down computer Start (boot up) computer. Sounds simple, doesn't it?. There may be just a couple of complications….

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Welcome to Knoppix

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  1. Welcome to Knoppix jlh

  2. to Boot Knoppix from CD • Put CD in drive • Shut down computer • Start (boot up) computer Sounds simple, doesn't it?

  3. 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

  4. 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.

  5. So, with just a few minor adjustments,YOU ARE HERE!!! Click to select a language This gets you to the desktop

  6. Actually, you don’t get this – it’s part of the “screen capture procedure Okay, so how do I get from “HERE” to the application software?

  7. 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

  8. Web browsing with Mozilla

  9. Clicking on this button opens the word processing part of OpenOffice 1.1.1 Word Processing

  10. Click on arrow for other “Office”applications, like “Calc” Spreadsheets

  11. Click on arrow for even more “Office”applications Presentations

  12. Looks like this but in the middle of your desktop Taking “Screen shots” • From the pop-up menu accessed by clicking on this button, select “Root Shell” • Type “import whatever.jpeg” • Press “Enter” • Click on window you wish to capture

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

  14. 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

  15. To here Drag these (individually) And now to get it onto some sort of storage medium.. Then select “Move Here” from drop-down menu

  16. 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”

  17. 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

  18. HELP!!! Use the MANual From the command line in the Root Shell type Type “man import”

  19. You can find help with ANY command Try “man mount”

  20. Other Miscellaneous Stuff • 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.

  21. Click here How do I get out of here?!! • Select “Log Out”

  22. See you soon!!

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