LiveCD/USB HELP [Archive] - Download Knoppix Live CD or DVD, Get Documentation and Help

luther

05-16-2013, 07:26 AM

Dear Forum members:

I just purchased a used copy of Linux All-In-One Desk Reference that comes bundled with a bonus DVD and in it is a Knoppix directory:

\KNOPPIX_4.02\
file:///run/media/root/Linux%20All-in-One%20FD%202E/KNOPPIX/images
file:///run/media/root/Linux%20All-in-One%20FD%202E/KNOPPIX/images/knoppix-24-1.jpg
file:///run/media/root/Linux%20All-in-One%20FD%202E/KNOPPIX/images/knoppix-header.gif
file:///run/media/root/Linux%20All-in-One%20FD%202E/KNOPPIX/images/knoppix-header.png
file:///run/media/root/Linux%20All-in-One%20FD%202E/KNOPPIX/images/TRANS.TBL
file:///run/media/root/Linux%20All-in-One%20FD%202E/KNOPPIX/isolinux
file:///run/media/root/Linux%20All-in-One%20FD%202E/KNOPPIX/isolinux/boot.cat
file:///run/media/root/Linux%20All-in-One%20FD%202E/KNOPPIX/isolinux/boot.msg
file:///run/media/root/Linux%20All-in-One%20FD%202E/KNOPPIX/isolinux/f2
file:///run/media/root/Linux%20All-in-One%20FD%202E/KNOPPIX/isolinux/f3
file:///run/media/root/Linux%20All-in-One%20FD%202E/KNOPPIX/isolinux/german.kbd
file:///run/media/root/Linux%20All-in-One%20FD%202E/KNOPPIX/isolinux/isolinux.bin
file:///run/media/root/Linux%20All-in-One%20FD%202E/KNOPPIX/isolinux/isolinux.cfg
\KNOPPIX\ISOLINUX\ISOLINUX.CFG\
DEFAULT linux
APPEND ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off vga=791 initrd=minirt.gz nomce quiet BOOT_IMAGE=knoppix
TIMEOUT 300
PROMPT 1
DISPLAY boot.msg
F1 boot.msg
F2 f2
F3 f3
LABEL knoppix
KERNEL linux
APPEND ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off vga=791 initrd=minirt.gz nomce quiet BOOT_IMAGE=knoppix
LABEL expert
KERNEL linux
APPEND ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off vga=791 initrd=minirt.gz nomce BOOT_IMAGE=expert
LABEL memtest
KERNEL memtest
APPEND initrd=
LABEL knoppix-txt
KERNEL linux
APPEND ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off vga=normal initrd=minirt.gz nomce quiet BOOT_IMAGE=knoppix
LABEL debug
KERNEL linux
APPEND ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off vga=normal initrd=minirt.gz debug BOOT_IMAGE=debug
LABEL fb1280x1024
KERNEL linux
APPEND ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off vga=794 xmodule=fbdev initrd=minirt.gz nomce quiet BOOT_IMAGE=knoppix
LABEL fb1024x768
KERNEL linux
APPEND ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off vga=791 xmodule=fbdev initrd=minirt.gz nomce quiet BOOT_IMAGE=knoppix
LABEL fb800x600
KERNEL linux
APPEND ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off vga=788 xmodule=fbdev initrd=minirt.gz nomce quiet BOOT_IMAGE=knoppix
LABEL failsafe
KERNEL linux
APPEND ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us vga=normal atapicd nosound noapic noacpi pnpbios=off acpi=off nofstab noscsi nodma noapm nousb nopcmcia nofirewire noagp nomce nodhcp xmodule=vesa initrd=minirt.gz BOOT_IMAGE=knoppix
LABEL userdef
KERNEL linux
APPEND ######################################
file:///run/media/root/Linux%20All-in-One%20FD%202E/KNOPPIX/isolinux/linux
file:///run/media/root/Linux%20All-in-One%20FD%202E/KNOPPIX/isolinux/logo.16
file:///run/media/root/Linux%20All-in-One%20FD%202E/KNOPPIX/isolinux/memtest
file:///run/media/root/Linux%20All-in-One%20FD%202E/KNOPPIX/isolinux/minirt.gz
file:///run/media/root/Linux%20All-in-One%20FD%202E/KNOPPIX/isolinux/TRANS.TBL
file:///run/media/root/Linux%20All-in-One%20FD%202E/KNOPPIX/linux-ntfs
file:///run/media/root/Linux%20All-in-One%20FD%202E/KNOPPIX/linux-ntfs/FOR-DEVELOPERS.txt
file:///run/media/root/Linux%20All-in-One%20FD%202E/KNOPPIX/linux-ntfs/fuse.tar.bz2
file:///run/media/root/Linux%20All-in-One%20FD%202E/KNOPPIX/linux-ntfs/linux-ntfs-knoppix_1.12.0-WIP-2.tar.gz
file:///run/media/root/Linux%20All-in-One%20FD%202E/KNOPPIX/linux-ntfs/TRANS.TBL
file:///run/media/root/Linux%20All-in-One%20FD%202E/KNOPPIX/background.jpg
file:///run/media/root/Linux%20All-in-One%20FD%202E/KNOPPIX/index.html
file:///run/media/root/Linux%20All-in-One%20FD%202E/KNOPPIX/index_dk.html
file:///run/media/root/Linux%20All-in-One%20FD%202E/KNOPPIX/index_en.html
file:///run/media/root/Linux%20All-in-One%20FD%202E/KNOPPIX/index_es.html
file:///run/media/root/Linux%20All-in-One%20FD%202E/KNOPPIX/index_fr.html
file:///run/media/root/Linux%20All-in-One%20FD%202E/KNOPPIX/index_it.html
file:///run/media/root/Linux%20All-in-One%20FD%202E/KNOPPIX/index_jp.html
file:///run/media/root/Linux%20All-in-One%20FD%202E/KNOPPIX/index_nl.html
file:///run/media/root/Linux%20All-in-One%20FD%202E/KNOPPIX/index_ru.html
file:///run/media/root/Linux%20All-in-One%20FD%202E/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX
file:///run/media/root/Linux%20All-in-One%20FD%202E/KNOPPIX/knoppix-cheatcodes.txt
file:///run/media/root/Linux%20All-in-One%20FD%202E/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX-FAQ-EN.txt
*************

There is NO mention of creating a LiveCD or LiveUSB of the Knoppix directory listed above.

Q: Is there any way to create a Live 'backup' version, from the information provided?

Kind Regards,
luther

klaus2008

05-16-2013, 08:59 AM

luther

05-16-2013, 02:38 PM

I think the first question would be if the bonus DVD is already bootable.

It seems that the files necessary for a KNOPPIX 4.0.2 live CD are included. Therefore it should be possible to create an ISO image that could be used to burn your own KNOPPIX 4.0.2 live CD.

Dear klaus2008:

The bonus DVD has many 'soft' errors, but has booted to a prompt, where knoppix 4.0.2 can be launched. The included 'Debian-31r1-i386-binary-2.iso' was burnt, but the created LiveCD did not boot! The purpose of this post is to create a KNOPPIX 4.0.2 ISO image, which was not on the bonus DVD.

My attempt to create a Legal backup of the bonus DVD failed to boot, also:

dd if=dev/sr0 of=linux_aio.img

cdrecord dev=/dev/sr0 speed=1 linux_aio.img

ISO LINUX: DISK ERROR 80, AX=4259, DRIVE 9F
BOOT FAILED: PRESS A KEY TO RETRY . . .

I need an older version of Knoppix, like 4.0.2, to boot on older hardware that does not have a DVD-ROM. Therefore, any clues to create an ISO image of this Knoppix 4.0.2 directory?

Regards,
luther

Werner P. Schulz

05-16-2013, 07:15 PM

With Knoppix 7.0.5 you have this assembly of files

$PFAD/knx/master/:
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 54 Jun 17 2001 autorun.bat
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 45 Feb 23 2003 autorun.inf
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 967 May 1 2004 autorun.pif
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 2048 Jul 13 2009 boot
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 32606 Feb 22 2006 cdrom.ico
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 1744 Dec 21 03:38 index.html
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Dec 21 19:26 KNOPPIX

$PFAD/knx/master/boot:
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 21 18:50 isolinux

$PFAD/knx/master/boot/isolinux:
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 1474560 Feb 7 2009 balder.img
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 2048 Dec 21 19:27 boot.cat
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 174 Dec 21 18:50 boot.msg
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 1353 Dec 21 18:50 f2
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 1398 Dec 21 18:50 f3
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 256 Jul 15 2008 german.kbd
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 210445 Jun 26 2011 grub.exe
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 12363 Dec 21 07:24 isolinux.bin
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 2534 Dec 21 18:50 isolinux.cfg
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4053792 Dec 20 04:50 linux
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 18683 Dec 21 18:50 logo.16
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 20052 Feb 7 2009 memdisk
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 124648 Mar 9 2011 memtest
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 952542 Dec 21 18:50 minirt.gz

$PFAD/knx/master/KNOPPIX:
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 454188 Dec 21 03:34 background.jpg
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 5354 Dec 21 03:34 background_orb2.flame
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 7851 Dec 21 03:36 index_de.html
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 7412 Dec 21 03:37 index_en.html
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 9084 Dec 21 03:37 index_es.html
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 8197 Dec 21 03:38 index_fr.html
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 8138 Dec 21 03:38 index_it.html
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 723194886 Dec 21 19:26 KNOPPIX
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 9777 May 24 2012 knoppix-cheatcodes.txt
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 32073 Nov 9 2009 knoppix-logo-medium.png
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 15797 Nov 9 2009 knoppix-logo-small.png
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 18487 Jan 25 2009 LICENSE.txt
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Jul 16 2010 modules
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4153 Jan 25 2009 README_Security.txt
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 58 Dec 21 19:27 sha1sums
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 1205 Jan 25 2009 SOURCES.txt

$PFAD/knx/master/KNOPPIX/modules:
You can try to sort the files from your DVD like this pattern. Now use from Remaster HowTo (http://knoppix.net/wiki/Knoppix_Remastering_Howto) the last part

#! /bin/sh
# Path to partition you will work on
PFAD="/media/sda1"
# Update the file hashes used by the "testcd" boot option
cd $PFAD/knx/master ; find -type f -not -name \
sha1sums -not -name boot.cat -not \
-name isolinux.bin -exec sha1sum '{}' \; > KNOPPIX/sha1sums
# Create new Knoppix ISO
genisoimage -l -r -J -V "KNOPPIX" \
-b boot/isolinux/isolinux.bin -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 \
-boot-info-table -c boot/isolinux/boot.cat \
-o $PFAD/knx/remastered.iso $PFAD/knx/master
Set the variable "PFAD" as you need it. Perhaps this will work?

klaus2008

05-16-2013, 08:11 PM

luther

05-16-2013, 09:32 PM

@luther:

I don't think you have to sort the files.

I think it would be a good idea to create a new directory 'knx402' on an HDD. In that directory create a subdirectory 'master'.
Copy the directory KNOPPIX and its subdirectories from the DVD to the 'master' directory.

In a terminal change to the 'knx402' directory and remove the file master/KNOPPIX/isolinux/boot.cat
Use the program genisoimage to create a bootable ISO image.

genisoimage -l -r -J -V "KNOPPIX" -b KNOPPIX/isolinux/isolinux.bin -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -c KNOPPIX/isolinux/boot.cat -o ./knx402.iso ./master
Burn the new ISO image on a CD-R and try it out.

I hope that helps.

Dear klaus2008:

I have a functional LiveUSB KNOPPIX 7.0.3, created from the CD footprint. If you could provide more details on mounting the HDD (sda1) and the complete path to the 'knx402' directory on it, would be helpful, since my background is bloated windows.

I would like to do everything from the Knoppix 7.0.3 root, so Standards are kept. Would this be your preferred syntax, to burn the new ISO:

cdrecord dev=/dev/sr0 speed=1 /dev/sda1/knx402/knx402.iso

THX 4 HLP!
luther

luther

05-17-2013, 12:38 AM

@luther:

I don't think you have to sort the files.

I think it would be a good idea to create a new directory 'knx402' on an HDD. In that directory create a subdirectory 'master'.
Copy the directory KNOPPIX and its subdirectories from the DVD to the 'master' directory.

In a terminal change to the 'knx402' directory and remove the file master/KNOPPIX/isolinux/boot.cat
Use the program genisoimage to create a bootable ISO image.

genisoimage -l -r -J -V "KNOPPIX" -b KNOPPIX/isolinux/isolinux.bin -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -c KNOPPIX/isolinux/boot.cat -o ./knx402.iso ./master
Burn the new ISO image on a CD-R and try it out.

I hope that helps.

Dear klaus2008: The 'boot catalog' directory is a requirement, that is missing:
knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ sudo genisoimage -l -r -J -V "KNOPPIX" -b KNOPPIX/isolinux/isolinux.bin -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -c KNOPPIX/isolinux/boot.cat -o ./knx402.iso /media/sda1/knx402/master
I: -input-charset not specified, using utf-8 (detected in locale settings) genisoimage: Uh oh, I cant find the boot catalog directory 'KNOPPIX/isolinux' !
knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ Can this error flag dialog be rectified? Please verify the above genisoimage syntax . . . Yours, luther

klaus2008

05-17-2013, 03:42 AM

Hi, luther!

I mounted Knoppix 4.0.2 CD with the filemanager. Its mount point was /media/sr0. My HDD was mounted at /media/sda1.
I opened a root terminal and issued

mkdir -p /media/sda1/knx402/master
cp -a /media/sr0/* /media/sda1/knx402/master
cd /media/sda1/knx402
mv master/boot/isolinux master/KNOPPIX
rm master/KNOPPIX/isolinux/boot.cat
rmdir master/boot
mkisofs -l -r -J -V "KNOPPIX" -o knx402.iso -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -b KNOPPIX/isolinux/isolinux.bin -c KNOPPIX/isolinux/boot.cat master
Booting from this new ISO image was impossible. I got an error message from isolinux.

I rebooted Knoppix 7.0.3 CD, mounted my HDD, opened a root terminal and changed to /media/sda1/knx402. I issued

mkdir master/boot
mv master/KNOPPIX/isolinux master/boot/
mkisofs -l -r -J -V "KNOPPIX" -o knx402.iso -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -b boot/isolinux/isolinux.bin -c boot/isolinux/boot.cat master
This time it was possible to boot from this ISO image.

Now I am convinced that isolinux expects the linux image in the directory boot/isolinux, but does not search in another directory like KNOPPIX/isolinux.

After you have booted Knoppix from USB you can use the filemanager to mount your HDD. I suppose it is mounted at /media/sda1.

The bonus DVD can also be mounted using the filemanager. I suppose that you can find its root directory at /media/sr0.

Then I would open a root terminal and issue the following commands.

mkdir -p /media/sda1/knx402/master
cp -a /media/sr0/KNOPPIX /media/sda1/knx402/master
cd /media/sda1/knx402
mkdir master/boot
mv master/KNOPPIX/isolinux master/boot/
rm master/boot/isolinux/boot.cat
mkisofs -l -r -J -V "KNOPPIX" -o knx402.iso -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -b boot/isolinux/isolinux.bin -c boot/isolinux/boot.cat master
Burn the new ISO image on a CD-R and try it out.

luther

05-17-2013, 05:43 AM

Then I would open a root terminal and issue the following commands.

mkdir -p /media/sda1/knx402/master
cp -a /media/sr0/KNOPPIX /media/sda1/knx402/master
cd /media/sda1/knx402
mkdir master/boot
mv master/KNOPPIX/isolinux master/boot/
rm master/boot/isolinux/boot.cat
mkisofs -l -r -J -V "KNOPPIX" -o knx402.iso -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -b boot/isolinux/isolinux.bin -c boot/isolinux/boot.cat master
Burn the new ISO image on a CD-R and try it out.

Hey klaus2008!

Knoppix 7.0.3 LiveUSB had a fit with the second instruction:

root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# cp -a /media/sr0/KNOPPIX /media/sda1/knx402/master
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/background.jpg': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/background.jpg': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/images/knoppix-header.gif': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/images/knoppix-header.gif': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/images/knoppix-24-1.jpg': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/images/knoppix-24-1.jpg': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/images/knoppix-header.png': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/images/knoppix-header.png': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/images/TRANS.TBL': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/images/TRANS.TBL': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/index.html': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/index.html': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/index_dk.html': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/index_dk.html': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/index_en.html': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/index_en.html': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/index_es.html': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/index_es.html': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/index_fr.html': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/index_fr.html': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/index_it.html': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/index_it.html': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/index_jp.html': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/index_jp.html': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/index_nl.html': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/index_nl.html': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/index_ru.html': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/index_ru.html': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/isolinux/boot.cat': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/isolinux/boot.cat': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/isolinux/boot.msg': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/isolinux/boot.msg': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/isolinux/f2': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/isolinux/f2': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/isolinux/f3': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/isolinux/f3': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/isolinux/german.kbd': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/isolinux/german.kbd': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/isolinux/isolinux.bin': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/isolinux/isolinux.bin': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/isolinux/isolinux.cfg': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/isolinux/isolinux.cfg': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/isolinux/linux': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/isolinux/linux': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/isolinux/logo.16': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/isolinux/logo.16': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/isolinux/memtest': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/isolinux/memtest': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/isolinux/minirt.gz': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/isolinux/minirt.gz': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/isolinux/TRANS.TBL': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/isolinux/TRANS.TBL': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX-FAQ-IT.txt': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX-FAQ-IT.txt': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX-FAQ-FR.txt': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX-FAQ-FR.txt': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX-FAQ-ES.txt': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX-FAQ-ES.txt': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX-FAQ-EN.txt': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX-FAQ-EN.txt': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/knoppix-cheatcodes.txt': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/knoppix-cheatcodes.txt': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX-FAQ.txt': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX-FAQ.txt': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/knoppix-version': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/knoppix-version': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX-FAQ-NL.txt': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX-FAQ-NL.txt': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/LICENSE.txt': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/LICENSE.txt': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/linux-ntfs/FOR-DEVELOPERS.txt': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/linux-ntfs/FOR-DEVELOPERS.txt': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/linux-ntfs/fuse.tar.bz2': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/linux-ntfs/fuse.tar.bz2': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/linux-ntfs/linux-ntfs-knoppix_1.12.0-WIP-2.tar.gz': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/linux-ntfs/linux-ntfs-knoppix_1.12.0-WIP-2.tar.gz': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/linux-ntfs/TRANS.TBL': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/linux-ntfs/TRANS.TBL': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/md5sums': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/md5sums': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/MkImage-ct.exe': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/MkImage-ct.exe': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/mkimg-de.exe': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/mkimg-de.exe': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/mkimg-src.zip': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/mkimg-src.zip': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/README_Security.txt': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/README_Security.txt': Input/output error
cp: reading `/media/sr0/KNOPPIX/TRANS.TBL': Input/output error
cp: failed to extend `/media/sda1/knx402/master/KNOPPIX/TRANS.TBL': Input/output error
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix#

Any clue about the root cause of this catistrophic I/O Error? Also, what can be done to eliminate text formatting problems, when posting? It is VERY FRUSTRATING!

luther

luther

05-17-2013, 06:03 AM

Hi,

This instruction finished in a blink of an eye:

root@Microknoppix:/media/sda1/knx402# mkisofs -l -r -J -V "KNOPPIX" -o knx402.iso -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -b boot/isolinux/isolinux.bin -c boot/isolinux/boot.cat /media/sda1/knx402/master
I: -input-charset not specified, using utf-8 (detected in locale settings)
Size of boot image is 4 sectors -> No emulation
Total translation table size: 2048
Total rockridge attributes bytes: 5137
Total directory bytes: 14336
Path table size(bytes): 86
Max brk space used 22000
195 extents written (0 MB)
root@Microknoppix:/media/sda1/knx402# mkisofs -l -r -J -V "KNOPPIX" -o /media/sda1/knx402/knx402.iso -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -b boot/isolinux/isolinux.bin -c boot/isolinux/boot.cat /media/sda1/knx402/master
I: -input-charset not specified, using utf-8 (detected in locale settings)
Size of boot image is 4 sectors -> No emulation
Total translation table size: 2048
Total rockridge attributes bytes: 5137
Total directory bytes: 14336
Path table size(bytes): 86
Max brk space used 22000
196 extents written (0 MB)
root@Microknoppix:/media/sda1/knx402#
How long does it take to write a valid 800MB ISO file?

luther

klaus2008

05-17-2013, 08:57 AM

It took less than a minute to create the ISO image file.

Fr 17. Mai 09:25:15 CEST 2013
root@Microknoppix:/media/sda1/knx402# mkisofs -l -r -J -V "KNOPPIX" -o knx402.iso -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -b boot/isolinux/isolinux.bin -c boot/isolinux/boot.cat master
I: -input-charset not specified, using utf-8 (detected in locale settings)
Size of boot image is 4 sectors -> No emulation
1.41% done, estimate finish Fri May 17 09:25:17 2013
[...]
99.85% done, estimate finish Fri May 17 09:25:42 2013
Total translation table size: 2048
Total rockridge attributes bytes: 5225
Total directory bytes: 12288
Path table size(bytes): 86
Max brk space used 22000
355562 extents written (694 MB)
You can find a link for downloading Knoppix 4.0.2 at http://www.distromania.com/distro_info.php?distro=332

I think possible reasons for I/O errors are a dirty or damaged DVD-ROM medium and a dirty DVD-ROM drive.
You could try to clean the DVD with water and some dishwashing detergent.
If there are serious scratches you could try some polishing paste that is intended for the repair of CD or DVD surfaces.

luther

05-17-2013, 03:18 PM

I think possible reasons for I/O errors are a dirty or damaged DVD-ROM medium and a dirty DVD-ROM drive.
You could try to clean the DVD with water and some dishwashing detergent.
If there are serious scratches you could try some polishing paste that is intended for the repair of CD or DVD surfaces.
Hi,

I have always used a bloated windows app to verify ISO integrity.

Q: Using Knoppix 7.0.3 LiveUSB, what is the correct indexing used to check the following MD5:

KNOPPIX 4.0.2 MD5_Sum:
1188f67d48c9f11afb8572977ef74c5e

Thanks for getting me wise to the archive of all Linux Distributions, klaus2008!

luther

klaus2008

05-17-2013, 04:21 PM

In the terminal you can use the program md5sum
md5sum KNOPPIX_V4.0.2CD-2005-09-23-EN.iso

luther

05-17-2013, 06:00 PM

In the terminal you can use the program md5sum
md5sum KNOPPIX_V4.0.2CD-2005-09-23-EN.iso

Dear klaus2008:

Once I pluged in the complete path, verification proved a valid ISO:
Q: Is there a way to see which directories are in the path?
I thought the 'Desktop', by default, was.

Q2: Can 'Desktop' be added to the path?

knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ md5sum /home/knoppix/Desktop/KNOPPIX_V4.0.2CD-2005-09-23-EN.iso
EXP: 1188f67d48c9f11afb8572977ef74c5e
ACT: 1188f67d48c9f11afb8572977ef74c5e /home/knoppix/Desktop/KNOPPIX_V4.0.2CD-2005-09-23-EN.iso
knoppix@Microknoppix:~$
Finally got some hard data to work with, thanks!

luther

luther

05-17-2013, 06:48 PM

Dear klaus2008:

Does this dialog compare to what you are familiar with:

root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# cdrecord dev=/dev/sr0 speed=1 /home/knoppix/Desktop/KNOPPIX_V4.0.2CD-2005-09-23-EN.iso
wodim: No write mode specified.
wodim: Assuming -tao mode.
wodim: Future versions of wodim may have different drive dependent defaults.
Device type : Removable CD-ROM
Version : 5
Response Format: 2
Capabilities :
Vendor_info : 'PIONEER '
Identification : 'DVDRW DVR-K16 '
Revision : '1.15'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE
Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P RAW/R96R
Speed set to 705 KB/s
Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 4.0 in real TAO mode for single session.
Last chance to quit, starting real write in 0 seconds. Operation starts.
Track 01: Total bytes read/written: 728190976/728190976 (355562 sectors).
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix#

I'm geting a sense Linux has compatibility issues with this burner:

Vendor_info : 'PIONEER '
Identification : 'DVDRW DVR-K16 '

The reason being I get the LiveCD to boot initially, then down-the-road, the boot freezes!

Your feelings?

Regards,
luther

luther

05-17-2013, 08:07 PM

Hi,

The created ISO did boot OK, BUT shutdown sequence trapped this error:

# ./etc/init.d/knoppix-reboot: line 51: /usr/bin/usleep: input/output error

I have never had this problem with Knoppix LiveUSB.

Q: Can this LiveCD be converted to a LiveUSB?

Regards,
luther

klaus2008

05-17-2013, 08:55 PM

Do you still get the I/O error if you use the cheatcode acpi=off ?
knoppix acpi=off
Q: Is there a way to see which directories are in the path?
I thought the 'Desktop', by default, was. There are two kinds of paths. The first one is the search path used by the shell to find an application. This path can be shown by issuing
echo $PATH The other kind of path is specific for an application. There are programs using a list of directories wherein they look for data files, but in most cases a program must be told where it finds the files it has to work on. Usually the data search path of an application is defined in a configuration file. The program md5sum does not use a configuration file or an environment variable for the data search path. Therefore you have to describe the path of the data file if it is not in the current directory.

luther

05-17-2013, 09:12 PM

[QUOTE=klaus2008;129319]

mkdir -p /media/sda1/knx402/master

Hey Klaus2008!

The code you posted above, only creates the '/knx402' directory, using Knoppix LiveUSB 7.0.3!

Shouldn't it have crested the subdirectory '/master', too?

luther

klaus2008

05-17-2013, 09:49 PM

The command 'mkdir' creates a directory. If you use the switch '-p' the program creates missing parents if necessary. Thus the command
mkdir -p /home/knoppix/dir1/dir2/dir3 should create the directory dir1 in the home directory, a sub directory /home/knoppix/dir1/dir2 and a sub sub directory /home/knoppix/dir1/dir2/dir3. The command
ls -Rl /home/knoppix/dir1 should show the new directories.

luther

05-17-2013, 10:35 PM

mkdir -p /media/sda1/knx402/master

Hey Klaus2008!

Could you run the above code in a root terminal and post your keystrokes?

It appears this HDD only acceps the first directory.

luther

luther

05-17-2013, 11:58 PM

Hi,
Now, I'm told to use 'wodim -scanbus' to find the SCSI driver, when attempting to re-burn the Knoppix directory on the bonus DVD:

root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# cd /media/sda1/knx402
root@Microknoppix:/media/sda1/knx402# mkisofs -l -r -J -V "KNOPPIX" -o knx402.iso -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -b boot/isolinux/isolinux.bin -c boot/isolinux/boot.cat master
I: -input-charset not specified, using utf-8 (detected in locale settings)
Size of boot image is 4 sectors -> No emulation
1.41% done, estimate finish Fri May 17 19:35:16 2013
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Total translation table size: 2048
Total rockridge attributes bytes: 5137
Total directory bytes: 14336
Path table size(bytes): 86
Max brk space used 22000
355564 extents written (694 MB)
root@Microknoppix:/media/sda1/knx402# cdrecord dev=/media/sr0 speed=1 knx402.iso wodim: No write mode specified.
wodim: Assuming -tao mode.
wodim: Future versions of wodim may have different drive dependent defaults.
wodim: Is a directory.
Cannot open SCSI driver!
For possible targets try 'wodim --devices' or 'wodim -scanbus'.
For possible transport specifiers try 'wodim dev=help'.
For IDE/ATAPI devices configuration, see the file README.ATAPI.setup from
the wodim documentation.
root@Microknoppix:/media/sda1/knx402# wodim -scanbus
scsibus0:
0,0,0 0) 'ATA ' 'FUJITSU MHV2080A' '0083' Disk
0,1,0 1) *
0,2,0 2) *
0,3,0 3) *
0,4,0 4) *
0,5,0 5) *
0,6,0 6) *
0,7,0 7) *
scsibus1:
1,0,0 100) 'PIONEER ' 'DVDRW DVR-K16 ' '1.15' Removable CD-ROM
1,1,0 101) *
1,2,0 102) *
1,3,0 103) *
1,4,0 104) *
1,5,0 105) *
1,6,0 106) *
1,7,0 107) *
scsibus2:
2,0,0 200) 'Lexar ' 'USB Flash Drive ' '8.07' Removable Disk
2,1,0 201) *
2,2,0 202) *
2,3,0 203) *
2,4,0 204) *
2,5,0 205) *
2,6,0 206) *
2,7,0 207) *
scsibus3:
3,0,0 300) 'Verbatim' 'STORE N GO ' '5.00' Removable Disk
3,1,0 301) *
3,2,0 302) *
3,3,0 303) *
3,4,0 304) *
3,5,0 305) *
3,6,0 306) *
3,7,0 307) *
root@Microknoppix:/media/sda1/knx402#
Please enlighten?
luther
*I/O errors cleared*

luther

05-18-2013, 02:20 AM

Hi,

A re-burn of the bonus DVD Knoppix directory BOOTS, after a few subtle tweaks:

root@Microknoppix:/media/sda1/knx402# cdrecord dev=1,0,0 speed=1 knx402.iso
wodim: No write mode specified.
wodim: Assuming -tao mode.
wodim: Future versions of wodim may have different drive dependent defaults.
WARNING: the deprecated pseudo SCSI syntax found as device specification.
Support for that may cease in the future versions of wodim. For now,
the device will be mapped to a block device file where possible.
Run "wodim --devices" for details.
Device type : Removable CD-ROM
Version : 5
Response Format: 2
Capabilities :
Vendor_info : 'PIONEER '
Identification : 'DVDRW DVR-K16 '
Revision : '1.15'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE
Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P RAW/R96R
Speed set to 705 KB/s
Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 4.0 in real TAO mode for single session.
Last chance to quit, starting real write in 0 seconds. Operation starts.
Track 01: Total bytes read/written: 728195072/728195072 (355564 sectors).
root@Microknoppix:/media/sda1/knx402#

What I'm noticing with 4.0.2, is that accessing the HDD cannot be done, using the LiveCD.

Therefore, I'd be curious to see if a LiveUSB version, with persistance can be written to a thumb drive from the CD. Does anybody know how/if this can be done?

Regards,
luther

luther

05-18-2013, 04:03 PM

Hi,

UNetbootin wrote knx402.iso to thumb drive, yet boot hung, trapping this error:

# FATAL: KERNEL TOO OLD

Q: Can this error be resolved with a simple cheatcode?

Q2: What alternate methods can be used to install knx402.iso to thumb drive?

THX
luther