Bootup from CD rom Stalls ?

[ktheking]

Ah right also another thing ,

try this at boot :

fb1024x768 knoppix screen 1024x768 knoppix nodma

I had about the same problem with a toughbook from Panasonic.

[ktheking]

And maybe better if adding this option :

fb1024x768 knoppix xmodule=vesa knoppix screen=1024x768 knoppix nodma

[omnilord]

A friend gave me a knoppix CD and told me it was th best way to get into Linux if I couldn't get a regular install to work. He showed me on his PC that the disk worked so I go home and try on my Laptop.

I have the same stalling problem as above, however, none of the boot options suggested above or fb1280x1024, fb1024x800, fb800x600 work.

My laptop is a Compaq Presario 700 AMD AthlonXP peaking at 1.2GHz 256MB DDR ram.

Any solutions? Thanks.

[Cuddles]

Ok, I'm "pullin out all the stops" here, this is from the long list of "cheatcodes" that I used from v3.2 up to my current v3.4 boots... You may want to try one, all, or any combination of them...

Version 3.2 and 3.3:

knoppix noapm nopcmcia noacpi lang=us

Another for v3.2 and v3.3:

knoppix screen=1024x768 vrefresh=60 noscsi lang=us

And my current for v3.4, using kernel 2.6.6:

linux26 lang=us nopcmcia noagp noacpi nodma noapm

Mix and match, and ...
Hopefully this helps,
Ms. Cuddles