Hi deansewell,
With those parts, it should work. Assuming dual boot..
I would suggest a setup as this, using R5B7
hda1, 6 gig install xp as fat32 (space is then shareable with KM)
hda2, 4.5 gig manual install Knoppmyth (it formats properly)
hda3, 512 meg for swap (requires manual setup)
hda4, ~28 gig as ext3 for /myth
If you have something available, print out the pamphlet, http://mysettopbox.tv/doc.html
Boot up and and select a manual install selecting the partitioning and make the partitions simular to the suggestions. Set the types 82 for swap and 83 for the / and /myth Try 0b for the M$ hda1. write it and quit. quit and reboot, reset is ok too and faster.
Install M$ first, then make sure it is working.
Boot up and auto upgrade into hda2 as this loads all the base system. Load lilo into mbr. You want to quit (not reboot) and go to a #
# is your root prompt and # will also serve in a file to act as "skip this line" dual purpose so keep that tid bit in the corner for now
First fix lilo so it will boot,
# nano -w /etc/lilo.conf
There will probably be one or two lines very near the top that start with:
part: (I forget the rest )
make it be gone or simply
#part: (I still forget the rest but skip it anyway)
now scroll to about halfway, look for
prompt
timeout=150 (15 seconds) change it to be
timeout=1200 (2 minutes, you can always press enter earlier)
scroll to the bottom, you should see something for M$
Control x y enter
if all is well, the next step will make it dual bootable. Do:
# lilo -v (this installs the loader, I think there is a complaint about backup - it is no concern)
Now let us fix things so KM knows about the two new partitons we are going to set up. A couple of simple edits..
#nano -w /etc/fstab
You will see a few things simular to this, make them match.
/dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000 0 0
if the /dev/hda3 is not marked as listed here change it to match.
# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/hda3 none swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hda4 /myth ext3 auto,users,exec 0 0
Control x y enter and it should be saved.
Now we can fix swap while at a # prompt
# mkswap -a /dev/hda3 (this makes it)
# swapon (this activates it)
CAREFULLY & EXACTLY do this as outlined in the pamphlet...
# mke2fs -j -O sparse_super -m0 -i8000000 -L myth -M /myth /dev/hda4
# mount /myth
upon reboot it gets tricky so have your notes handy, review the Pamphlet for the overview and use as your guide. When the system comes up and you have the terminal window open for a password, wait. do alt x and open a new xterm window. do su - and become root.
Again if all is well, you should simply get a #
# df -h (should list / & /myth)
# top (should see swap of ~512 meg and zero used)
Press q to quit top.
# ls /myth (probably blank)
If you are still with me, excellent! Now enter the admin password where it was so patiently waiting  After it is completed, it will drop to a prompt,
# ls /myth (should be folders in there)
# reboot
There should be a lilo menu, which will time out and auto boot into KnoppMyth after 2 minutes.
I am going from memory, so there may be a couple of things left to do.. If you get this far, stop and give us a status report. If ls /myth was empty, we need to fix that. We will need to check a couple items before proceding beyond setup.
Mike
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