[ltp] HELP NEW HELP NEW !! ??

[Richard Neill]

Dear Carlin,

As people may have pointed out - your subject isn't quite the most 
helpful - it doesn't explain what your actual problem is, and all caps 
looks as though you are SHOUTING. I would recommend you take a look 
here: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

That said, let me try to answer your question. Knoppix does indeed fit 
on CD-R, unless you are trying to use the DVD version, which doesn't. It 
is possible you are having CD-burning issues, or perhaps you are using 
the really-old 650MB discs. An alternative is that many of the Linux 
magazines feature knoppix on the coverdisks, or you can get it inncluded 
with books such as Marcel Gagné's primer "Move to Linux".

Lastly, since you are new to Linux, I'd recommend you install either:
Mandriva, SuSE or Ubuntu on it. The other distributions (eg 
Gentoo,Fedora,Debian...) are excellent, but one of the first three will 
be the easisest to start with. Whatever you do, I recommend downloading 
the latest(*) version. [Caveat: many bookstores sell totally obsolete 
versions of Linux - spare yourself the pain.]

Lastly, when you want to get the machine on the web, I'd advise trying 
to set up ethernet first. The internal modems for thinkpads are mainly 
Lucent winmodems; these do work, but it takes some effort.

Best wishes,

Richard


(*)The latest official release; not a development version. Eg the latest 
Mandriva is "2006, community"; don't try to install "cooker"!

P.S. http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ibm.html

Carlin Mitchell wrote:
> hey everyone...I got a free thinkpad i- 1171. I'd like to put knoppix on 
> it but it wont fit on a cd-r. This laptop is not web ready. It has win 
> 2k on it now. I have never played with linux but am fairly computer 
> savvy. What do I need to do do to reconfigure this thinkpad to linux ? I 
> nedd a how to for NEW linux people. any thoughts ?
> 
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