Please help.

[iamdigitalman]

well, i'm new to this forum, but not to knoppix. I have been using it since v3.7, and that is the version I am having a problem with. here is my hadrware specs:

Burning Computer:
HP Kayak XA
PIII 550mhz
383mb RAM
15.0gb HDD
13.6gb HDD
3.5" Floppy
16xCD-RW/8xDVD combo Samsung SM-308B drive
Windows XP Professional Edition
Nero 6.0 Suite
KNOPPIX_V3.7-2004-12-08-EN.iso file

Computer to run Knoppix:
Homebuilt, unbranded model
PI 200mhz
288mb RAM (registers to 73mb)
6.4gb HDD
5.25" 1.2mb FDD
3.5" 1.44mb FDD
52xmax Irama CD-ROM drive model # DCE-CD5200A
internal Zip 100 IDE drive
NO Previous OS (low level formated it.)

well, here is what is wrong, I used a Maxwell CD-R, but first md5 verifyed the iso file. it passed. I first burned it at maximum allowed speed, 8x, then at minimum allowed speed, 2x. BOTH times, I set my BIOS boot order to CDROM,C,A. I popped the burned CD in, and it looks like it's reading ok, but then the light stops. (if CD is read ok, light should be on green steady. I get boot failure for ATAPTI CD-ROM, and the thing halts. so, I booted both CDs(one at a time) on the kayak. no problem with bootup. so, I use the mkbootfloppy command in shell. I used two NEW disks, and booted them on the other machine with the disc in the drive. both boot, until where it is looking for the CD-ROM, it passes DMA acceleration for hda (Quatium fireball LP 6.4gb HDD), hdb (Iomega Zip 100) and Hdd (CD-ROm drive. but then it searches for the drive again, and says it cant find it, and drops me to the VERY limited shell. then, five minutes later, I get a:

Knoppix# Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 408f055d
printing eip:
c50278ea
*pde = 00000000
Oops: 0000
CPU: 0
EIP: 0010:[<c50278ea>] Not tainted
EFLAGS: 00010286
eax: b7ff287d ebx: 0000600 ecx: 00000030 edx: 00000000
esi: c447ee70 edi: 0000000 ebp: 0000000a esp: c02f1f30
ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018
Process swapper (pid: 0, stackpage=c02f1000)
stack: c47d89e0 04000001 00000000 0000000a c01206b2 00000000 c0310030 c010a0b0
0000000a c447ee70 c02f1f98 c03454e0 c0318940 0000000a c02f1f90 c010a2a7
0000000a c02f1f98 c47d89e0 c02f0000 c0106d90 ffffe000 00000000 c47d89e0
Call Trace: [<c01206b2>] [<c010a0b0>] [<c010a2a7>] [<c0106d90>] [<c0106d90>]
[<c0106dbc>] [<c0106e22>] [<c0105000>] [<c0105050>]

Code: 56 04 83 c2 06 66 ed 25 ff ff 00 00 50 51 68 c0 89 02 c5 e8
<0>Kernal panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler!
In interrupt handler - not syncing

with my caps lock and scroll lock lights flashing in sync. so, what am I doing wrong? oh, here is my BIOS info:

Award Modular Bios v4.51PG
04/23/97-i430VX-Al15123-2A59GA1FC-3Q

my CD-ROM drive comes up as:
Found LS-120 Device : CTCPX 722 CDROO " " " " " " " " " " " "

and the Zip 100 is also classified as an ATAPI device. when my BIOS is set to boot CDROm,C,A or C,CDROM,A, the Zip comes up as:
Found LS-120 Device : IOMEGA ZIP 100 ATAPI

hmm...

well, I hope you can help me. I'm trying to get this little guy to be a server. I tried FreeBSD, but I couldnt get it to do an FTP install to completion (kept getting BTX halted message or problem with the startx command after logging in as root.)

thank you so much!! -digital

[UnderScore]

For the dropping you to a shell problem, see the first frequently asked question at http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Using_FAQ

As for the other errors, are you sure this system is stable? You might want to run a memory tester. Knoppix has a memory tester on the disc. At the Knoppix boot splash screen, enter the following Cheat Code:
memtest

Please let us know the results. I wish you success.
James

[Maud_Dib]

I am just a newbee myself , but have you tried booting with the Zip drive disconnected ?
You may need to put HDD as Primary Master , CDROM as primary Slave , and plug the Zip into the secondary IDE Cable.
so you would have HDD = hda , CDROM = hdb , Zip = hdc/d
Hope this helps.

[UnderScore]

I am just a newbee myself , but have you tried booting with the Zip drive disconnected ?

You may need to put HDD as Primary Master , CDROM as primary Slave , and plug the Zip into the secondary IDE Cable.
so you would have HDD = hda , CDROM = hdb , Zip = hdc/d
Hope this helps.

Good point. This should work to get the system to force it to boot from CD. But once it can boot from CD it will probably continue to experience the dropping to a very limited shell error. The link to the Using FAQ has a solution that should fix that problem.

In order to get a old system to boot, I have had to use the following cheat codes:
knoppix noscsi nosmp nousb nofirewire nopcmcia noagp nodma noapic acpi=off vga=normal

[iamdigitalman]

well, I do have a USb 1.0 card installed. I cheated though, and threw my HDD in the KAYAK, and intalled Knoppix to the HDD that was from my machine. the computer now boots to the KDE, but there is WAY more that was installed on the disk than what I need. all I want is for it to host about 1.0gb of file on my home nwtwork. It is also running VERY slow with all that extra junk. It takes about 10-20 minutes from the push of the power button, till it fully loads into the KDE. I am going to run a memory test later on. -digital

[rwcitek]

well, I do have a USb 1.0 card installed. I cheated though, and threw my HDD in the KAYAK, and intalled Knoppix to the HDD that was from my machine. the computer now boots to the KDE, but there is WAY more that was installed on the disk than what I need. all I want is for it to host about 1.0gb of file on my home nwtwork. It is also running VERY slow with all that extra junk. It takes about 10-20 minutes from the push of the power button, till it fully loads into the KDE. I am going to run a memory test later on. -digital

Knoppix is for demoing and test-driving Linux, in particular on machines with Windows installed. Sounds like you want to do a bit more. That doesn't mean Knoppix can't do what you want, but rather that other distros may be better suited. Have a look at other Knoppix-based distros or even other LiveCDs.

If you insist on using Knoppix, try booting with a less intensive GUI manager:
boot: knoppix desktop=icewm
or even no GUI at all:
boot: knoppix 3

Good luck and let us know how things go.

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

[Anonymous Hamster]

Have you tried swapping CDROM drives?

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