If you read the recentish series of Gearhead columns on Knoppix 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 “Knoppix Hacks” (O’Reilly) some time ago and now from not only the same stables but with the same jockey, Kyle Rankin, comes “Knoppix Pocket Reference.”
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.
