i should also add that i cant run knoppix from the cd as after much wrangling with the cheatcodes thinking it was a video problem, it turned out to be a dodgy image. I checked the md5 checksum and its not as it should. the actual iso ive got is faulty, i got it off a magazine and have no way of downloading something that large off the net. The actual install went flawlessly though, i just cant boot to it!