I never tried the "knoppix" boot codes with v3.4 - I went with the "experimental" 2.6.6 kernel - which you get at by the following:

boot: linux26 [commands]

I used a whole long list of stuff with the above...

boot: linux26 lang=us noacpi noagp noswap nopcmcia alsa

And it worked for me - after the hard drive install, it appears the command line stuff is no longer recognized though - but that is after the hard drive install...

I had at least four accounts of booting the above on the CD, and it worked each time - So, I can not be sure of the 2.4 kernel boot, which is accomplished by using the "knoppix" on the boot prompt...

Don't know why it isn't working though,
Ms. Cuddles