[NTLUG:Discuss] Knoppix!

[Kyle Davenport]

      I have looked into Knoppix before.  It is well-crafted, but
unfortunately, I couldn't use it.  I was given a Compaq Presario 5000 box
at work, with a lock on it!, that had XP and "approved corporate
applications" installed on it, with no access to bootable media.  I am also
prohibited from modifying the hard drive installation.   Needless to say,
it is just about useless to me at this point.

      I was hoping for a Knoppix-like distribution that I could boot into.
I tried the c:\boot.ini trick, but it would not recognize the cd as a
loadable OS target.  lodlin doesn't work with XP.   I do have access to
writable media thru nfs, or bootp servers, for that matter.

      So... 2 questions:
1) Any way to get Linux up on this box?  (I repeat, "No Access to bootable
media")
2) Anyone else fighting the Microsoft-Industrial Complex?  (sorry, bad
paraphrase, but apt!)

Kyle