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Hi Klaus, my Linux PC is "off the road." Is it possible to offer follow-up disks after installing your Knoppix OS, for people that do not have Internet access capable of downloading files off the OS server?
Regards, Cy O'Hara
Like most distros, there are independent providers of DVDs or USB flash disks for Knoppix, too. Most of their addresses are listed on the "Knoppix Vendors" website [1]. Because the main feature of Knoppix is NOT having to get installed in the first place, but running Live from DVD or USB, new versions are not meant to be used as an update to a hard disk installation. However, the flash-knoppix installer allows you to update flash disks already containing a Knoppix installation (Figure 1). This process lets you overwrite files on the FAT32-formatted system partition but keep your personal data and settings on the second partition intact.
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