How to boot KNOPPIX 3.2 on bochs with a single CD

bochs on KNOPPIX3.2 (after 20030520?) is update to version 2.02. We tried to boot KNOPPIX 3.2 on bochs with a single CD. It succeed by the following steps.

Reference URL: KNOPPIX3.1 on bochs 2.02 http://www.knoppix.net/docs/index.php/FaqKnoppixEmu


  1. After KNOPPIX3.2 boot from CD, download following two files to /home/knoppix/
  2. Run bochs from a console.
    > bochs

  3. At first there is warning message for "expfpuirq" module. Please push the "Continue" button.

  4. Boot knoppix with following options.
  5. Please wait to go to run level 2.
  6. At the console, change the directory.
       # cd /mnt/floppy

    .
  7. Run "bochsx" script.
       # ./bochsx
  8. Please wait. It took about 40 minutes on ThinkPAD T23 (Pentium III + 1G memory).
  9. We can use X-Window on KNOPPIX on bochs on KNOPPIX.


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