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Switching off hdd access at boot?
Aim: boot via knoppix live dvd
Problem: My laptop's hard disk has suffered some kind of catastrophe, and is not usable. When I try to boot knoppix 5.3 (even with nofstab and noswap), it takes ages and frequently pauses for a few minutes as I get to listen to the hard disk clunking away, probably returning senile rubbish.
So how can I get knoppix to give up on its dry-humping of my disk? I want it to just ignore that it exists.
By the by, I'm already using XFCE rather than KDE because on the last boot the box hung after displaying the pretty compiz fusion logo, leaving me with a movable cursor and nothing more.
As it is, it boots appallingly slowly and I've yet to get a desktop I can interact with, only reaching the 'I can see it, I can move my cursor, but the only clicking happening is from the dying disk.
The disk contains a (now corrupt) install of some previous linux distro, and I'm trying to use a Knoppix 5.3 DVD (Linux Magazine cover disc).
<edit>I've even tried it with noswap nofstab failsafe, and still the hdd clunks away... </edit>
Solution:
I'm down to trying to actually remove the offending disk, but that will need a mini screwdriver and acceptance of defeat.
Any thoughts?
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You can try some combination of cheatcodes but you will probably fail because if you disable the drive controller you will also most likely disable the CD/DVD drive and Knoppix will fail to load.
Here is the link to the cheatcodes:
http://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/knopp...cheatcodes.txt
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Originally Posted by
cbagger01
You can try some combination of cheatcodes but you will probably fail because if you disable the drive controller you will also most likely disable the CD/DVD drive and Knoppix will fail to load.
Here is the link to the cheatcodes:
http://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/knopp...cheatcodes.txt
If your bios can, try to boot with an usb version of knoppix.
Use dmesg to see where the erros comes from
Max
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