Downloaded the latest version, burned the cd and booted my desktop (nice, very nice!) with no problems.
Used the cd to try to boot my old IBM i1410 Thinkpad. Everything's going OK until a prompt to the effect of "detected PCMIA" comes up & the boot appears to hang. After waiting quite a while with no changes I turned the machine off, removed the cd and attempted to reboot into windows.
Not to be! After many hours (reinstalls, reformats & even repartioning) turns out that the problem was the network card in the pcmia slot which windows 98 would no longer recognize (even though an xp based laptop would) and therefore could not be installed. Replacing the card with a new one (there goes $60) solved the problem.
The sequence of events suggests that somehow Knoppix hammered the card but I can't understand how that might happen.
Any suggestions?
LSI 9305-16i SATA SAS 12Gbs RAID Controller PCIe 3.0 x8 IT-Mode 4* 8643 SATA
$229.99
Dell R630 8SFF 2.4Ghz 20-Core 128GB H730 RAID 10GB RJ-45 NIC 2x750W PSU 8x Trays
$455.04
Dell R740XD2 26LFF 3.6Ghz 8-C 256GB H730P MINI RAID 2x10G SFP+ NIC 2x1100W Rails
$2802.08
Dell R740XD2 26LFF 3.6Ghz 8-C 768GB H730P MINI RAID 2x10G SFP+ NIC 2x1100W Rails
$3538.08
Inspur LSI 9300-8i Raid Card 12Gbps HBA HDD Controller High Profile IT MODE
$15.98
LSI MegaRAID 9361-8i 12Gb PCIe 8-Port SAS/SATA RAID 1Gb w/BBU/CacheVault/License
$39.95
Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller HBA330 12Gbs PCIe 3.0 SAS SATA J7TNV Low Profile
$29.00
ORICO Multi Bay RAID Hard Drive Enclosure USB 3.0/ Type-C For 2.5/3.5'' HDD SSDs
$87.99
4 Bay RAID External Hard Drive Enclosure for 2.5/3.5" SATA HDD/SSD
$79.99
G TECHNOLOGY G RAID 0G04228 2-Bay Thunderbolt 2 RAID Array W/Power Supply
$99.99