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Christopher Negus

"Linux Bible, 2008 Edition: Boot up to Ubuntu, Fedora, KNOPPIX, Debian, openSUSE, and 11 Other Distributions"

The following tables provide boot prompt options that can help you get KNOPPIX
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Running KNOPPIX 11
running the way you like. Table 11-1 shows options to use when you want specific features turned
on that may not be turned on by default when you boot.
TABLE 11-1
Boot Options to Select Features
Option Feature
knoppix lang=?? Choose a specific language/keyboard. Replace ?? with one
of the following: cn, de, da, es, fr, it, nl, pl, ru, sk, tr,
tw, uk, or us.
knoppix desktop=?? Instead of using the KDE desktop (kde), replace ?? with one
of the following window managers: fluxbox, icewm,
larswm, twm, wmaker, or xfce.
knoppix blind Start BrailleTerminal (running without X).
knoppix brltty=type,port,table Add parameters to use for the Braille device.
knoppix wheelmouse For a wheel mouse, enable IMPS/2 protocol.
knoppix nowheelmouse For a regular PS/2 mouse, force PS/2 protocol.
knoppix keyboard=us xkeyboard=us Assign different keyboard drivers to use with text (shell) and
graphical (X) interfaces.
knoppix dma Turn on DMA acceleration for all IDE drives.
knoppix gmt Use time that is based on Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). You
can use utc instead of gmt to get the same result.
knoppix tz=country/city Specify a particular time zone, based on country and city.


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