1. # boot from your already existing unix installation on hard disk (provided you already have a working unix installation or that you succeeded with the Knoppix hard disk installation above), and log in as root
2. # assume you will install the Knoppix cd image on /dev/hda6 (make sure it is large enough, say 800 megabyte, to hold at least the Knoppix iso image and the filesystem's management data). Propagate this preference:

   export PARTIT=/dev/hda6

3. # create a filesystem on that partition:

   mkfs.ext3 $PARTIT

4. # export a few preferences:

   export KNOPPIXISO=/data/knoppix.iso; export TARGET=/tmp/target; export BOOT=$TARGET/boot; export LILO=$BOOT/lilo.conf

5. # create a mount point $TARGET for that new partition and mount it:

   mkdir $TARGET; mount -t auto $PARTIT $TARGET

6. # create a mount point /tmp/source which contains your Knoppix iso image. Make sure $KNOPPIXISO points to that iso image:

   mkdir /tmp/source mount -t iso9660 $KNOPPIXISO /tmp/source -o loop

7. # copy the Knoppix iso image to hard disk (this may take a while):

   time cp -a /tmp/source/* $TARGET

8. # mount the Knoppix image's boot floppy:

   mkdir /tmp/floppy; mount -t vfat -o loop /tmp/source/KNOPPIX/boot.img /tmp/floppy/

9. # prepare the hard disk image's boot directory:

   mkdir $BOOT cp /boot/System.map $BOOT/ cp /tmp/floppy/* $BOOT/

10. # unmount the floppy and the Knoppix iso image:

    umount /tmp/floppy /tmp/source

11. # determine which root device you are currently using:

    export THISROOT=`grep root= /etc/lilo.conf|head -1|cut -d= -f2-`; echo your root partition is :$THISROOT:

12. # generate a lilo.conf which is configured automagically:

    genliloconf /dev/hda $THISROOT "" $BOOT/vmlinuz > $LILO

13. # add a mysterious line to this newly generated lilo.conf file:

    echo image=$BOOT/vmlinuz append=\"lang=us noprompt dma ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init initrd=miniroot.gz __BOOT_IMAGE=knoppix\" root=$PARTIT read-only initrd=$BOOT/miniroot.gz label="KnoppixCD" >> $LILO

14. # execute lilo on this new lilo.conf:

    lilo -C $LILO

15. # you may wish to add the line specifying the mount point of the newly installed Knoppix cd to the /etc/fstab of your other unix installations:

    echo $THISROOT $TARGET auto defaults 0 0

16. # you can now reboot your machine an select 'KnoppixCD' from your lilo menu

In the Old West a wagon train is crossing the plains.  As night falls the
wagon train forms a circle, and a campfire is lit in the middle.  After
everyone has gone to sleep two lone cavalry officers stand watch over the
camp.
        After several hours of quiet, they hear war drums starting from
a nearby Indian village they had passed during the day.  The drums get
louder and louder.
        Finally one soldier turns to the other and says, "I don't like
the sound of those drums."
        Suddenly, they hear a cry come from the Indian camp:  "IT'S
NOT OUR REGULAR DRUMMER."