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<author title="Editor">
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  <mail link="smith.jonathan@gmail.com">Jonathan Smith</mail>
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</author>
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<version>0.59</version>
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<version>0.60</version>
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<date>2005-02-19</date>
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<date>2005-03-30</date>
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<!-- this works with knoppix 3.6, 3.77 and gentoo 2004.3, 2005.0-->
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Boot from the Knoppix CD. It generally does a really good job of hardware
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Boot from the Knoppix CD. For a 2004.3+ install, you will need to specify
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detection. Although, you may have to add some boot options.
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<c>knoppix26</c> as a boot option to load a 2.6 kernel. If you miss this step,
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</p>
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when you <c>chroot</c>, you will recieve an error saying that your kernel is
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too old.
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<p>
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By default Knoppix boots into a KDE 3.0 desktop. The first thing I did was open
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a konsole and typed <c>sudo passwd root</c>. This lets you set the root
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password for Knoppix.
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Next, I <c>su</c> to root and typed <c>usermod -d /root -m root</c>. This sets 
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user roots home directory to /root (the Gentoo way) from /home/root (the Knoppix
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way). If you do not do this, then you will receive errors when emerging about
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"/home/root: not found" or something to that effect.
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I then typed <c>exit</c> and then <c>su</c> back into root. This loads the
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By default Knoppix boots into a KDE 3.3 desktop. Open a konsole and <c>su -</c>
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change that was made with the usermod command. Now create the
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so you can change your password. This lets you set the root password for
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<path>/mnt/gentoo</path> mountpoint using <c>mkdir</c>:
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Knoppix. You can now configure <c>sshd</c> for remote login, at your
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preference.
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However, when you're asked to mount the proc system, issue the following
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However, when you are asked to mount the proc system, issue the following
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