Kumagoro
05-27-2004, 02:47 PM
I am doing the poor mans install (running the compressed folder from the HDD) with loadlin. This worked for 3.3 and 3.4 when i had Windows 98.
NOW that i have installed Win ME instead (from scratch), I cannot get knoppix to boot; 3.3 or 3.4.
To get to knoppix in 98 i would use F8 to start up in DOS mode and then execute a batch file to launch knoppix.
In win ME you cannot get to the command prompt using F8 so I downloaded a patch from
http://www.dewassoc.com/support/winme/real_dos.htm
This worked and i could get to the command prompt using F8.
HOWEVER.
When i try to run knoppix it drops out saying i need at least 16 MB of RAM to run it. It said i had only 13 MB when it was setting the path. I have 64 MB on my laptop so i know it can run (as it did with 98). I thought it might be down to the patch so i tried using a win me boot disk. The same thing happened.......
So i installed 3.3 and created a knoppix boot floppy, which worked fine
and booted knoppix. It also reported 61 MB, so it must be a problem with the WIN ME boot disk. I also used a win 95 boot disk and this also worked and reported 61 MB too.
Some of you might say go back to 98SE, but as its a dodgy copy i cant update it, my ME disk is OK.
What i want to know is, is there anyway to install a win98 DOS which will work from F8?
I have tried,
http://www.mvps.org/dts/WinME_DOS/Win-ME.htm
but knoppix will not run using this.
Is there anyway to modify the F8 menu so i can execute a batch file
instead? if so how?
NOW that i have installed Win ME instead (from scratch), I cannot get knoppix to boot; 3.3 or 3.4.
To get to knoppix in 98 i would use F8 to start up in DOS mode and then execute a batch file to launch knoppix.
In win ME you cannot get to the command prompt using F8 so I downloaded a patch from
http://www.dewassoc.com/support/winme/real_dos.htm
This worked and i could get to the command prompt using F8.
HOWEVER.
When i try to run knoppix it drops out saying i need at least 16 MB of RAM to run it. It said i had only 13 MB when it was setting the path. I have 64 MB on my laptop so i know it can run (as it did with 98). I thought it might be down to the patch so i tried using a win me boot disk. The same thing happened.......
So i installed 3.3 and created a knoppix boot floppy, which worked fine
and booted knoppix. It also reported 61 MB, so it must be a problem with the WIN ME boot disk. I also used a win 95 boot disk and this also worked and reported 61 MB too.
Some of you might say go back to 98SE, but as its a dodgy copy i cant update it, my ME disk is OK.
What i want to know is, is there anyway to install a win98 DOS which will work from F8?
I have tried,
http://www.mvps.org/dts/WinME_DOS/Win-ME.htm
but knoppix will not run using this.
Is there anyway to modify the F8 menu so i can execute a batch file
instead? if so how?