i just received a copy of knoppix (i think 2.7 today. it seems to boot up with no problems. but then i get this message

INIT: PANIC: segmentation violation at 0x804ec92! Sleeping for 30 Seconds

i have no idea what to do from that point. if i do nothing the message just repeats every 30 sec's. i am new to linux. any info on how i can get this cd to boot would be greatly appreciated. i have been wanting to use linux for some time now and the first chance i get to use it i get an error.