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    Knoppix "Live CD" is not working.



    I am unable to run the Knoppix Live CD from my CD ROM Drive. I have checked the System Requirements list and my computer exceeds each item required.

    After the Knoppix splash screen, I get a black screen and the CD Drive spins down. Nothing happens after that.

    I tried typing every command on the F2 screen, F3 screen, and the cheatcodes.txt file. The only command that did anything was
    boot: knoppix vga=normal

    The CD Drive spun up, and I got a DOS-like text message saying
    "Uncompressing Linux...Ok, now loading kernel..."
    The CD Drive spun down, and 12 minutes later nothing had happened so I came to this forum to ask for help.

    The "Knoppix testcd" command says that the CD I'm using is just fine.

    Any suggestions would be appreciated because I'm out of ideas at this point and I would really like to evaulate Knoppix as a potential alternative to Windows.

    Thanks in advance for your help.

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    Well the cd is fine so chances are its the hardware.

    You said you tried every cheatcode?

    I would think that knoppix26 vga=normal would have done something.

    BTW if you don't get anything to happen about 20 seconds after
    "Uncompressing Linux...Ok, now loading kernel..." then reboot, nothing is going to happen.

    BTW, are you by any chance useing a CD-MRW writer? (Mt. Rainer format)

    Mine doesn't work with knoppix but my other drive does.

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    Try it on another PC. Sounds you like may have a bad image. If it works on another PC your image is good. If it doesn't your image is probably bad.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mmaki
    Try it on another PC. Sounds you like may have a bad image. If it works on another PC your image is good. If it doesn't your image is probably bad.
    He already did the knoppix testcd (checks the md5 of the files) and said it passed. It isn't the cd.

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    Thanks for your help

    Thanks for the replies. I appreciate your help.

    I suspect that the problem is one or more pieces of my hardware. Windows still works just fine, even though I was hoping for an alternative to Microsoft software.

    When I build my next computer, I'll use hardware that is compatible with Linux.

    Thanks again.

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    Re: Thanks for your help

    Quote Originally Posted by Linux Tourist
    Thanks for the replies. I appreciate your help.

    I suspect that the problem is one or more pieces of my hardware. Windows still works just fine, even though I was hoping for an alternative to Microsoft software.

    When I build my next computer, I'll use hardware that is compatible with Linux.

    Thanks again.
    Well don't just give up yet, what are the specs. I haven't meet a computer that I couldn't get knoppix running on.

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    Re: Knoppix "Live CD" is not working.

    Quote Originally Posted by Linux Tourist
    After the Knoppix splash screen, I get a black screen and the CD Drive spins down. Nothing happens after that.
    This started happening to me on recent versions of Knoppix (although previous versions would and still will boot). I don't know the cause (would be very interested if someone would post it) but I do have a fix, at least in my case (and for some others I have seen on the forums):Cheat codes! Specifically, try
    Code:
    knoppix noscsi acpi=off
    or
    Code:
    knoppix26 noscsi acpi=off
    at the prompt on the splash screen. Obviously your hardware could be different and you might need other codes or you might need what these codes disable, but these work for me.

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    atapicd is another one you might try. that is:
    Code:
    knoppix noscsi acpi=off atapicd
    OR
    Code:
    knoppix26 noscsi acpi=off atapicd

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    I have the exact same problem. Older versions of Knoppix work, 3.3 and below and I can get Suse 9.0 Live CD to work.

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    Here is my findings.

    I have a HP ze4365us with an ATI IGP 320m card.

    What I had to type to get 3.7 to work is:

    knoppix26 nolapic acpi=on vga=normal

    I figured out the vga=normal stops the blank screen and the nolapic helps get past when the kernel is decompressing.

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