HD Install :: Root password retention



I have ...

etc/shadow
etc/shadow-

in my .filetool.lst and root password persists just fine.
I cannot get persistent home to work.  I am only given the option to enter boot options when using the liveCD.  How can I create a persistent home without booting from the liveCD?
You need to edit your bootloader's configuration file.  It should be located in the boot directory of the partition on which the KNOPPIX file is installed.  If you use grub it's menu.lst, and if you use lilo it's lilo.cfg (or something like that)
Mikshaw, thank you for your help so far, but i think you may be vastly overestimating my abilities.  For all intents and purposes, this is my first time using linux.  A barely knew how to find the LILO configuration file (/etc/lilo.conf, as it happens), let alone how to configure it.  Here's the file that lilo.conf displays:

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# /etc/lilo.conf - See: `lilo(8)' and `lilo.conf(5)',

"! Please edit /etc/lilo.conf before running lilo!"


lba32

boot=/dev/hda



install=/boot/boot-menu.b
backup=/dev/null

map=/boot/map


timeout=100


vga=normal


default=Knoppix

image=/vmlinuz
append="lang=de apm=power-off hda=scsi hdb=scsi hdc=scsi hdd=scsi hde=scsi hdf=scsi hdg=scsi hdh=scsi vga=791 quiet BOOT_IMAGE=knoppix"
root=/dev/hda5
label=Knoppix
read-write


????

I've googled around for instructions on configuring the LILO boot loader, but nothing I've seen seems to address the idea of persistent /home or /opt.  Que? :;):

Edit: If it makes it any easier, I can reinstall with grub.  I don't have any real data on the box yet (and if I did, it would be super backed up), so reinstalling is no biggie.
Persistent home and opt are specific to DSL...they're not likely to be mentioned anywhere but on these forums.

See the "append" line?  add "dsl home=hda1" (or whatever your partition) after "BOOT_IMAGE=knoppix".

Lilo requires that you run the command "lilo" after making config changes, and i'm not sure if you need to add any specific parameters to that command for DSL (I've never used lilo in DSL).

This all needs to be done as root, by the way.
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