* MPCEE French Bureau -- Friday 28 October 2005 20:04: > that it is normal practice if you have a laptop > operating under Windows but want OpenGL, to use a process of allowing the > laptop to boot from a disc without running Windows.
That's of course possible and common. And Knoppix is good for that, but > Having read about Knoppix, Bit Torrent and "burning" to a CD, I know, in > theory, that it is possible to boot the laptop, with necessary changing to > the BIOS, if necessary, to run the PC [...] Yes. > [...] with FG on it without Windows running!!! With a remastered version of Knoppix, possibly. But stock Knoppix doesn't contain FlightGear. So you'd need to install Knoppix from the CD to the harddisk (not just boot it from the CD), and then install FlightGear. Shouldn't be hard for an experienced computer user, but it's not simple either. You may have to shrink the Windows partition on the harddisk and creat a new one. There are tools for that, but I'm not sure they are on the Knoppix CD. > but, more importantly, it has FG waiting to be used. Where do you have that from? I don't think it's contained. And even if so, it's not very likely that it'll work with hardware acceleration. > I am back home on Sunday for the All Saints holiday, so I will be > trying to burn Knoppix on to a CD, [...] Good luck! If it doesn't work, you can still download a more complete Linux distribution (for free) that is easier to install, has re-partition tools and even FlightGear included. But still it wouldn't necessarily support your 3D hardware. :-/ m. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
