Well, you wouldn't want to follow the current procedure
I did the Knoppix install first, completely wiping the hard drive, so there's no particular insight for moving from RedHat. Then after getting it on there, I decided I didn't want to try to strip out everything and the kitchen sink that Knoppix has in it. So I'm currently in the process of starting over with a straight Debian install from boot floppies. But I'll post anything interesting I learn anyway.
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