Linked by Alexander Antoniades on Thu 5th Dec 2002 21:58 UTC
It's easy to grow increasingly cynical the more you follow "innovation" in operating systems and software. New releases often turn out to be nothing more than reinventing, or repackaging, the wheel, with new icons and steeper system requirements. Yet every now and then persistence pays off and that lengthy download or poorly written web site delivers something truly amazing and faith in the future of computing is, albeit temporarily, restored. I experienced such a sensation a couple of months ago when I downloaded the CD-ROM based, Linux distribution known as Knoppix. 
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If only I could get this feature to work, I'd give Knoppix an A+. To save session configurations (and thus not have to reset fonts, KPPP settings, Mozilla bookmarks,
etc., with each new Knoppix session) we are instructed to do the following:
1) Make a floppy, using the Knoppix utility expressly made for the purpose.
When completed, the floppy will contain two files:
knoppix.sh and configs.tbz
2) Insert floppy at bootup and type 'knoppix floppyconfig' (a cheatcode)
at the prompt, then press 'enter' to begin boot process
3) Knoppix will read the floppy, execute the script (knoppix.sh) which
extracts the archived files (configs.tbz), and write them to the ramdisk.
All goes according to plan, including a text message that the script has been executed, and the archived files extracted. But when the X-Window session begins, nothing is saved, and I'm back to default settings. I wish I knew why. Everything else about Knoppix works fine, but I can't save settings, and that's a bummer.