fires_69
12-16-2003, 11:57 AM
Alright. I downloaded the ISO, burnt it onto two cds at different speeds and checked the MD5 sum and thier both fine. So the CD's are fine. When i put it into my first computer, it booted and gave me the message
CAN'T FIND KNOPPIX FILESYSTEM, SORRY.
NOW RUNNING A CUT DOWN SHELL ETC......
i cant remeber if thats what the second line looks like but its along those lines. It also gave me a list of simple commands i could use. These were mount, umount, cat and some others. Anyway, so i tried again and put the failsafe command in after alot of other attempts and it booted perfectly. Gave me everything and was working fine. So the CD is definatly in working order.
Then, i tried to run it on my other PC becuase thats the one i actually downloaded it for. But firstly, it didn't want to boot off the CD so i made a knoppix bootdisc on the other computer. So i booted up on the Other PC again using the Bootdisc this time but i got the same error as above (cant find knoppix filesytem etc..) So then i tried the failsafe and it didn't work again. Then i tried about ten different cheatcodes and that didn't work.
I read the cheatcodes page and it mentioned the trouble i was having. It says, "If your KNOPPIX CD makes strange noises during boot.....In some cases defective IDE controllers cause this error if you have DMA enabled." This is most likely what it is. I have tried dissabling DMA in the Bios, that doesn't work, iv tried doing it in windows ME but that didn't do anything either (not that i thought it would). Does anyone have any ideas on how i can get the thing to just boot from the CDROM? Or is thier anything else i should try. Im actually a new user to linux so im pretty happy that i managed to track it down to the CDROM myself. But now i need some experienced help.
PLEEEEEEZ
CAN'T FIND KNOPPIX FILESYSTEM, SORRY.
NOW RUNNING A CUT DOWN SHELL ETC......
i cant remeber if thats what the second line looks like but its along those lines. It also gave me a list of simple commands i could use. These were mount, umount, cat and some others. Anyway, so i tried again and put the failsafe command in after alot of other attempts and it booted perfectly. Gave me everything and was working fine. So the CD is definatly in working order.
Then, i tried to run it on my other PC becuase thats the one i actually downloaded it for. But firstly, it didn't want to boot off the CD so i made a knoppix bootdisc on the other computer. So i booted up on the Other PC again using the Bootdisc this time but i got the same error as above (cant find knoppix filesytem etc..) So then i tried the failsafe and it didn't work again. Then i tried about ten different cheatcodes and that didn't work.
I read the cheatcodes page and it mentioned the trouble i was having. It says, "If your KNOPPIX CD makes strange noises during boot.....In some cases defective IDE controllers cause this error if you have DMA enabled." This is most likely what it is. I have tried dissabling DMA in the Bios, that doesn't work, iv tried doing it in windows ME but that didn't do anything either (not that i thought it would). Does anyone have any ideas on how i can get the thing to just boot from the CDROM? Or is thier anything else i should try. Im actually a new user to linux so im pretty happy that i managed to track it down to the CDROM myself. But now i need some experienced help.
PLEEEEEEZ