RJT>WAYNE CHIRNSIDE wrote in a message to THURSTON ACKERMAN:

RJT>-> What advantages stand out for installing Knoppix vs the CD version?

RJT> WC> Well power outages won't wipe your setup.
RJT> WC> Some stuff doesn't work in the ramdisk version especially the file
RJT> WC> updates to bring it up to the latest release.

RJT>-> What do you suggest as the minimum functional size hard drive?

RJT> WC> 10 Gig.
RJT> WC> Knoppix 3.3 uses over 2.5 gig.

RJT>That much?

RJT> WC> You want to set a swap file to 128 Meg if you've that much
RJT> WC> RAM or more.

RJT> WC> I'm buying 80 Gig or better.

RJT>I was thinking along those lines too,  still haven't gotten there yet.

If you are considering partitioning to mount windose and linux on the
same HDD; my sad experience cautions against. Two ecconomical drives
would be much better (seperate but unequal is quite ok herein 8-)

Ciao, Ack.

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