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Posted: July 03 2007,13:53 QUOTE
...and any time you are anywhere within the /KNOPPIX directory, you can safely assume that no changes are possible to any files. The /KNOPPIX directory is literally the cdrom filesystem, which serves as the read-only portions of DSL. Anything needing to be written in DSL either has been copied from the mounted KNOPPIX filesystem to a disk during installation (the bootloader), or needs to be copied into /ramdisk at boot time or later.

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Posted: July 16 2007,01:10 QUOTE
OK, I added the "secure" cheatcode to /cdrom/boot/grub/menu.lst file, but all this seemed to do was prompt the system to ask me to reset the dsl and root passwords every time I booted up.

What do I need to do to get the system to remember and screen for the passwords?  I don't see the point of prompting for a password if it's going to be forgotten by the next boot.  Thus, I removed the "secure" cheatcode.  Is there something else I neglected to do, or am I using the wrong cheatcode?

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kernel /boot/linux24 root=/dev/hda1 quiet vga=normal noacpi noapm nodma noscsi frugal home=hda3 opt=hda3 restore=hda3 root=hda3
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Posted: July 16 2007,01:17 QUOTE
My current cheatcodes:

title DSL
kernel /boot/linux24 root=/dev/hda1 quiet vga=normal noacpi noapm nodma noscsi frugal home=hda3 opt=hda3 restore=hda3 root=hda3
initrd /boot/minirt24.gz

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Current cheatcodes:
kernel /boot/linux24 root=/dev/hda1 quiet vga=normal noacpi noapm nodma noscsi frugal home=hda3 opt=hda3 restore=hda3 root=hda3
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Posted: July 16 2007,02:09 QUOTE
If you want a multiuser system do a traditional hard drive installation and be sure to answer y when prompted for such.
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Posted: Aug. 04 2007,18:45 QUOTE
I have a frugal install and have enabled the BIOS 'user' password - without it you don't even get to see the splashscreen! :-)
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