Booting Problem

[egyfreaker]

Hello,
i got my pc hange at the " Autodetecting and confeguring my hardware Proccess "
i have a celeron 1.7 Gb - 650 M SDRam - Ati 9200 - Sound Card Creative
is there's somthing i can do to get it start

Thanx
Egyfreaker

[tdjokic]

Try all of this http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Cheat_Codes

[Gazza1313]

I have the same problem. I am currently running Knoppix 3.6 using 2.4 Kernel. I tried booting to Knoppix 3.9 and will not boot.

Ive tried console only, acpi=off acpi = force ive tried failsafe and other commands including nohwsetup Z(I think that is right. ) But no can do.

Im stuffed to know why 2.4 works but not 2.6 kernel. I am running a P4 2.4 GHz with 256 MB RAM 2 x 80 GB HDD and 1 4 GD HDD (which has now been taken out of the loop. ) NVidia Video Card GEForce4 440 with 128 MB RAM and On board Video / Network / Sound.

Any Help please?

[rwcitek]

Try all of this http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Cheat_Codes

To start with, boot with boot: failsafe debug -b 1. At what stage does booting no longer work?

Regards,
- Robert
http://www.cwelug.org

[Gazza1313]

Wil post back as soon as I have had a chance to test that :) thanks

[Gazza1313]

ok system failed to boot on the fourth stage. It showed the processor, skipping hardware dectection of certain devices and then ran autoconfiguration scan.

that went throught hit done and new line
it just hung right there.
thats was it, i could only reboot the system at the reset switch.

[rwcitek]

ok system failed to boot on the fourth stage. It showed the processor, skipping hardware dectection of certain devices and then ran autoconfiguration scan.

that went throught hit done and new line
it just hung right there.
thats was it, i could only reboot the system at the reset switch.
Once you leave stage 3, the kernel starts the init process, which then starts /etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig. One thing you could do is edit that file during stage 3 and add a 'set -x' at the beginning, after the '#!/bin/bash'. For example:

root@tty1[/]# head /etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig
#!/bin/bash
set -x
# /KNOPPIX/etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig
# Basic system configuration and hardware setup
# (C) Klaus Knopper <knopper@knopper.net> 2005

PATH="/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin"
export PATH

umask 022
This will allow you to pinpoint where in the autoconfig script Knoppix is dying.

Regards,
- Robert
http://www.cwelug.org/

[Gazza1313]

ok system failed to boot on the fourth stage. It showed the processor, skipping hardware dectection of certain devices and then ran autoconfiguration scan.

that went throught hit done and new line
it just hung right there.
thats was it, i could only reboot the system at the reset switch.
Once you leave stage 3, the kernel starts the init process, which then starts /etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig. One thing you could do is edit that file during stage 3 and add a 'set -x' at the beginning, after the '#!/bin/bash'. For example:

root@tty1[/]# head /etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig
#!/bin/bash
set -x
# /KNOPPIX/etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig
# Basic system configuration and hardware setup
# (C) Klaus Knopper <knopper@knopper.net> 2005

PATH="/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin"
export PATH

umask 022
This will allow you to pinpoint where in the autoconfig script Knoppix is dying.

Regards,
- Robert
http://www.cwelug.org/


hwsetup -p -a -s

Last command that is run before the system hangs.

[rwcitek]

hwsetup -p -a -s

Last command that is run before the system hangs.
OK. Now try boot: failsafe nohwsetup 1
This will boot Knoppix without running the hwsetup program. You should get to a bash root shell. Do you?

Regards,
- Robert
http://www.cwelug.org/

[randomchaos517]

I am pretty much a NOOB when it comes to KNOPPIX. I have use linux before but that was years ago. I want to make a boot floppy but I can't seem to find any CURRENT information on how to make it. I have went to D:\knoppix and looked for boot.img. I tried mkbootfloppy.sh and it says it can't find /dev/cdrom even though I am booted in to KNOPPIX.

I have fiddled with this for about 3 hours now and searched until my fingers are about to fall off.

I want the boot floppy because the machine I am trying to put it on doesn't boot from CD's or at least when I put the Knoppix CD in the drive is just restarts the machine. The CD works fine on this machine.

Any help would great.

[UnderScore]

I am pretty much a NOOB when it comes to KNOPPIX. I have use linux before but that was years ago. I want to make a boot floppy but I can't seem to find any CURRENT information on how to make it. I have went to D:\knoppix and looked for boot.img. I tried mkbootfloppy.sh and it says it can't find /dev/cdrom even though I am booted in to KNOPPIX.

I have fiddled with this for about 3 hours now and searched until my fingers are about to fall off.

I want the boot floppy because the machine I am trying to put it on doesn't boot from CD's or at least when I put the Knoppix CD in the drive is just restarts the machine. The CD works fine on this machine.

Any help would great.Your boot floppy problem is way different from the actually discussion in thris thread. Make your own post your boot floppy problem. Please do not put your support requests at the end of somone else's. If you make your own post I will provide support. See also http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16574

[rwcitek]

hwsetup -p -a -s

Last command that is run before the system hangs.
OK. Now try boot: failsafe nohwsetup 1
This will boot Knoppix without running the hwsetup program. You should get to a bash root shell. Do you?
Actually, a better idea would be to use the "-b" cheatcode instead, i.e. boot: failsafe nohwsetup -b, and again add "set -x" to the /etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig. Also, add the line "init 1" just before the "exit 0" line. For example:

root@tty1[/]# tail -5 /etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig
# Re-enable signals
trap 2 3 11

init 1
exit 0
So, do you get a root shell? If not, what's the last command before the system hangs?

If you do, then you can run hwsetup manually. First, run "hwsetup -h" to see the list of options. Then run "strace hwsetup -p -a -s " Does the computer halt? If so, what are the last few lines before the system hangs? What's the last "open(...)" line before the system hangs?

Regards,
- Robert
http://www.cwelug.org/

[harm0nyb3ar]

I have problems booting my knoppix. When I boot up it boots fine until it gets to the GUI. The GUI turns to be funny lines and then I cant see anything. I belive that would be my video card, which is Nvidia GEforce 2. Is there a way I could fix it if anyone knows. Plus I have no clue how to boot console mode only, which would eliminate trying to deal with the video card problem, since that is when my problems begin??

[rwcitek]

Plus I have no clue how to boot console mode only, which would eliminate trying to deal with the video card problem, since that is when my problems begin??
At the boot prompt, boot: knoppix 2 will get you into console mode. Also, if you are in graphics mode, typing Ctrl+Alt+F1 will get you into the first virtual console, F2 will get you into the second, and so on. For more info, see the cheatcodes: http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Cheat_Codes

BTW, you probably would want to put this as a new post and not tack it onto this existing thread.

Regards,
- Robert
http://www.cwelug.org/