If you read the recentish series of Gearhead columns on Knoppix [1] you will know what a wonderful operating system it is. It will come as no surprise to you then that books on Knoppix are now appearing ... Gearhead discussed [2] "Knoppix Hacks [3]" (O'Reilly) some time ago and now from not only the same stables but with the same jockey, Kyle Rankin, comes "Knoppix Pocket Reference [4]."
Despite being a trim 75 pages of text this is a tremendously useful book if you're just getting to know Knoppix. It starts with a discussion of all of the "cheat codes" -- startup the command line arguments that can be used to configure various system attributes and then moves on tools, how to install on a hard drive, security, using Knoppix to repair Linux and Windows systems, remastering Knoppix and finally a discussion of UnionFS.
Recommendation: If you're looking for a nuts and bolts book on Knoppix that gets reasonably deep into the subject, this is it.
Links:
[1] http://search.networkworld.com/query.html?col=&ht=0&qp=+author:gibbs +contenttype:how&qs=&qc=&pw=455&ws=0&la=en&si=0&fs=&qt=knoppix&ex=&rq=0&oq=&qm=0&ql=&st=1&nh=25&lk=1&rf=1
[2] http://www.networkworld.com/community/../columnists/2005/012405gearhead.html
[3] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596007876/fusion0e/ref=nosim
[4] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0596100752/qid=1128039346/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/104-5392914-9771100?v=glance&s=books