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=INVESTIGATION 1: BOOTING KNOPPIX (LIVE LINUX) VIA VIRTUALBOX=
<span style="color:red;">'''ATTENTION''': This tutorial will provide additional '''practice''' with some interesting system administration skills. This does not provide any practice for your '''assignments''' relates to an interest topic and is not NOT worth marks.</span><br><br>
In this investigation, you will first ''download'' and ''install'' the '''VirtualBox''' VM application on your home computer,<br>then you will then ''download'' and unzip the '''Knoppix Live Distribution VM''' file to your computer.
# Click on the Start button (looks like a green arrow pointing to the right).<br><br>
# If prompted, '''click''' '''Scale''' or '''Switch''' to scale mode to proceed.<br><br>
# If using ''MS Windows'', click the mouse on the Knoppix screen and press '''ENTER''' to login.<br><br># Allow '''time''' for the Knoppix Linux distribution to start. This is a '''graphical Linux distribution''' which will start-up in a desktop environment.<br><br>'''NOTE:''' You are '''NOT''' prompted for a ''username'' and ''password'' because this is a Linux Live distribution and you have been assigned a '''generic account'''.<br><br>'''NOTE: ''' If you are using MS Windows, press the '''RIGHT CTRL ''' key to change to other applications by pressing '''ALT-TAB'''. <br>When you want to use Graphical Linux (i.e. Knoppix screen), click in the screen to focus and use that screen.<br><br>
# '''Click''' the '''Knoppix Start button''' (refer to <u>left</u> icon in diagram on right). In the '''Knoppix menu''', select '''System Tools'''<br><br>[[Image:xterm.png|thumb|right|280px|The '''Konsole''' application will display the Bash shell to issue Linux commands.]]
# In the '''system tools''' menu, and select '''Konsole''' to launch a terminal application.<br><br>'''FYI:''' To '''increase''' font size, press '''ctrl+''' to '''reduce''' font size, press '''ctrl-'''.<br>You can drag the Konsole terminal window from the bottom-right corner<br>to increase the window size.<br><br>
