That post sys that you need to have the boot options just as you want, for knx2hd?

What I missed to state was I was using the
knoppix-install on 3.4 to partition and install as a basic debian system.

I also found how to pass boot options in gub manually

root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinux-2.6.5 lang=us
inited /boot/initrd-2.6.5
boot

I am not sure if all cheatcodes work? Also funny thing was I foudn that the nodma I needed when booting the cd-rom directly on this laptop was not needed when installed on the harddrive. I said to myself that maybe the cdrw/dvdr drive would not work, but it did. (I saw DMA enabled on the drive as it booted.)