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Posted: April 30 2007,06:35 QUOTE
The next step was using the gparted livecd and making a new layout. FAT32 partition first, then ext2. This was no problem.
I then moved the DSL files onto the ext2 partition. I made the second partiton bootable and installed extlinux to it. for configfile I just did
cp syslinux.cfg extlinux.conf
with the syslinux config that comes with DSL embedded. I then boot, and hey, it boots! But. Next second I get the
Can't find KNOPPIX filesystem, sorry.
Dropping you to a (very limited) shell.
Press reset button to quit.

Well, well. I try the fromhd= option too, but to no avail.
Maybe I have to look closer at the configfile after I've slept....
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Posted: April 30 2007,07:03 QUOTE
You probably tried this, but unlike on a FAT/FAT32 partition, on an ext2 partition case becomes important and the image file will probably need to be named /KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX and not /knoppix/knoppix
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Posted: May 02 2007,20:33 QUOTE
Quote (Juanito @ April 30 2007,03:03)
You probably tried this, but unlike on a FAT/FAT32 partition, on an ext2 partition case becomes important and the image file will probably need to be named /KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX and not /knoppix/knoppix

Uhmm, yes. Sorry for the delay; real life happend.
I was rather tired when I struggled with it, so the very obvious fact that dragging the files through FAT filesystem had renamed them escaped me...
Anyway, making sure everything got proper naming fixed it. All is well now. Thanks!
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