Questions tagged [knoppix]
For questions about Knoppix, a Linux distribution designed to be run directly from a live CD, DVD or USB flash drive.
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Unable to find user data from a windows 10 (home) drive using Knoppix live USB
Wife's laptop no longer boots after a failed windows 10 (home x64) update--bluescreen. Windows also offers to try and recover (RE), which runs for awhile, then bluescreen's when it tries to boot back ...
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QEMU-KVM UEFI Secure Boot doesn't work
I try to test this in QEMU-KVM:
https://www.knopper.net/knoppix/knoppix-uefi-en.html
My host OS is Debian 11 AMD64. I have ovmf .deb package sucessfully installed. I add OVMF to my virtual machine ...
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Getting message - Read NVMe Identify Controller failed: NVME_IOCTL_ADMIN_CMD: Bad address - when using smartctl command
I am trying to check certain specifications of a hard drive on a computer with no operating system installed. I am using a Knoppix bootable disk (v8.6.1) to run a bash script with the line
smartctl -...
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knoppix syslinux.cfg config for booting
I have installed Knoppix to my HDD, and I want if to boot with the cheatcode "fb800x600". I have added this to the APPEND line in /mnt-system/boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg and /home/knoppix/Desktop/...
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Data Recovery on a Laptop
I am trying to recover data from HP laptop that is running Windows but does not start up anymore. I am able to start it up with Knoppix.
$ fdisk /dev/sda
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sda: 465.8 ...
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What is KNOPPIX shell's start-up file?
I'm trying to install virtualenvwrapper and I got to change the settings of my shell's start-up file (like .bashrc, .zhrc, .profile, etc) to write this:
export WORKON_HOME=$HOME/.virtualenvs
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How to change default language in Knoppix ISO?
Is it possible to modify the default language in the Knoppix ISO file instead of manually changing it during boot?
Distro in question: KNOPPIX_V7.2.0CD-2013-06-16-EN.iso
Note: Latest versions are ...
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how to stop "ERROR: wget failed to download http://people.debian.org/~bartm/flashplugin-nonfree/get-upstream-version.pl.gz.pgp"
I keep getting
ERROR: wget failed to download http://people.debian.org/~bartm/flashplugin-nonfree/get-upstream-version.pl.gz.pgp
when I try to install flashplugin-nonfree_3.2_i386.deb from debian....
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PCMan increases file size dramatically on destination drive (data rescue attempt (win7 not booting after crash)
1TB hard drive does not fit onto 1TB external drive
Over a week ago, my busy PC crashed whilst a number of applications were running. Since then, Windows has been suffering from dementia and ...
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Knoppix only shows 2 out of 7 hdds
I'm trying to recover some data from a computer. The computer has 7 disks. When booting from the latest knoppix live cd I only see 2 hard drives. Why are the other ones not showing up?
Anyone an idea?...
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How to make WANem a Permanent Virtual Box VM
The WAN emulator WanEm is distributed as a bootable LiveCD ISO (Knoppix 6.7.1 based), or a VMWare appliance. I would like to do some testing using VirtualBox instead and would prefer not to have to ...
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trying to format old drive, got "ext2fs_mkdir: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read while creating root dir"
I had what used to be an old NTFS hard drive. Something went wrong years ago with the drive, and it wouldn't boot into windows. I had an invalid windows key, all kinds of pirated software, and ...
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Will dd_rescue wipe my output hard drive?
I'm planning to use dd_rescue (as per IT support's instructions) to try and get the data contents of a faulty hard drive.
We only have one external hard drive to back up onto which has enough free ...
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Knoppix cheat code permanency
What do I need to do to make the cheat codes I use to start up Knoppix, which has been installed to an SSD permanent? For example, I want to use "knoppix64 no3d tz=Asia/Shanghai" every single time I ...
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OpenJDK JRE textboxes become read-only after window loses focus
I have had this glitch happen in the DrJava IDE and in the Arduino IDE. I can edit code and stuff just fine until I switch to another window and back. All I can do at that point is position the ...
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