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On 05/04/2019 21:52, Eion MacDonald wrote:
Sorry for the delayed reply. I have been out most of the day. To answer some earlier questions, yes I do have UEFI on the laptop. The version of Knoppix which I have installed is exactly the one you mention, that is version 8.2-2018-05-10.Do not use a USB boot creation program to create the Knoppix USB. *Load knoppix from a bootable DVD created from Knoppix iso.* Then select "knoppix lang=uk" from boot line (or you can use default USA keyboard selection it does not matter at this stage) *Them after Knoppix loads and is workable*, make a Knoppix USB from the menu selection under heading KNOPPIX Choice to be made: to install Knoppix ONLY to removable devices (stops overwriting your main hard disk) then select the USB key you want to load Knoppix onto. Chose to be as DVD (always then no code changes or capability to download to Knoppix ) unless you want persistence and thus capability to store or alter programs. Sometimes 'unetbootin' gives problems (I gave up on it a long time ago!)
I am loading from a USB stick. No I did not install to a DVD and then on to the USB. (I don't have any DVD's available). It installed directly from the iso file to the USB stick. I had to use Unetbootin because etcher was not working on my laptop. (Must look into that.)
You have been explaining about clicking on the choice 'custom' when I start. I don't know where any differences are but now, when I start up log in via the USB I do not see any choice called custom. I see a list of three options only. The first one is the default and tells me which version of MX Linux is installed and ready to start. So I just press enter and away we go.
What is interesting is that at the bottom of the screen I have a list of choices via the function keys. Here is the list.
F2 language. I used this to set up English UK. F3 Timezone. I used this to set up London. F4 options. I have not yet looked at that one. F5 persist. I used this to make any changes persistent. This is working. F6 failsafe I have not looked at that one so far. F7 console Have not used that oneF8 save. The first time I did use this, and any changes are indeed being saved. Each time I log in the changes I have made are up to date.
I set up the wifi, for example, and now at each log in it automatically links me to the internet.
It seems strange that, although I am using the exact version that you listed for me, the screens that appear seem to be very different.
I have not yet found out how to copy my home folder over, or at least some of it. Just some of the profile files would be useful.
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