trying to install knoppix on an old laptop (ACER Extensa 355 ) , it only has a floppy drive and a PCMCIA ( I thnk it's TI 1131 Cardbus controller ) cd-rom errors i get are :

cannot allocate resource region 1 of device 00:0c.0

then the welcome too knoppix line, then :
dropping to (very limited shell) ...etc

when i try mount it reports :

FAT: bogus logical sector size 5120
FAT: bogus logical sector size 5120
Kernel Panic:VFS: unable to mount root fs on 01:01


any ideas (other than smartass 'buy a new laptop' :op )