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oreoleo
06-20-2004, 02:19 PM
I downloaded knoppix, burned but when I boot up, it shows the command prompt and the thing that says press enter to load knoppix, I press that and the screen goes blank did I do something wrong (btw I'm on a desktop)
Markus
06-20-2004, 02:44 PM
Try some cheatcodes (http://www.knoppix.net/docs/index.php/CheatCodes).
Example at the Boot prompt: knoppix screen=1280x1024 xmodule=ati vsync=60
You have to choose the cheatcodes according to your hardware.
oreoleo
06-20-2004, 04:22 PM
So if i have the nvidia GeForce2 MX 200, I would type knoppix screen=800x600 xmodule=nvidia vsync=60 ???
Markus
06-20-2004, 05:46 PM
I think it's called xmodule=nv. BTW it was just an example, you probably don't need vsync=60.
You could start with: knoppix failsafe just to see if it'll boot. Then start experimenting with the right cheatcodes for your computer. Could be that you need framebuffering which would then be: fb1280x1024 or fb1024x768 or fb800x600, or try vga=normal.
oreoleo
06-20-2004, 07:37 PM
I tried : knoppix failsafe , it didn't work, what should I do ?
Markus
06-20-2004, 07:45 PM
Hmm, you could have a bad burn. Try knoppix testcd to see if it reports any errors.
If you still have the iso file you could check the md5sum http://www.linuxiso.org/viewdoc.php/verifyiso.html
oreoleo
06-20-2004, 07:55 PM
the thing is I did knoppix testcd, and ithe screen turned blank, does this mean I burned or downloaded it bad ?
Markus
06-20-2004, 08:09 PM
Not necessarily, but it might so you could also check the md5sum and burn at a slowish speed, say 4x.
You still need to find the right set of cheatcodes if it isn't the cd, though it might take a while trying out different combinations.
oreoleo
06-20-2004, 08:19 PM
how would you do the thing with the md5sum?
Markus
06-20-2004, 08:30 PM
How about following the link for md5sum I posted earlier.
I hope you also noticed that the word "cheatcodes" in my first post is a link.
oreoleo
06-20-2004, 08:51 PM
I think I got something wronge (didn't download right)
this is what I got when checking the iso image
MD5: 7ee0382655abf194aa300a98100cacde
CRC-32: a6031da6

when i compered it to the md5 and asc file it was totally off, could this be the problem?
Markus
06-20-2004, 09:13 PM
Well, the md5sum seems to match KNOPPIX_V3.4-2004-05-17-EN.iso so I doubt if the iso is faulty. Try burning at slower speed (hope you use RW:s).