never mind this... got it to boot.. but have other wireless card issues
knoppix 3.3 and knoppix std0.1 will boot up just fine with out the wireless card in the comp, however if i pop it in and boot it hangs once it finds it, i know this because it displays the "prism 2" wireless card ect... if i boot up knoppix then pop the card in i get 1 BEEP and it is locked up... on a side note i get nothing on my laptop with any version of knoppix 3.4, i get the black screen after i hit return to boot...
compaq presario 2100
athlon 2800+M
256 megs. ram
30 gb hard drive
non dedicated radion graphix (64mb shared)
i am new to linux.. but i have figured out how to do most things on my desktop at home.. so if someone has this prob and a potential solution i will appreciate it.
never mind this... got it to boot.. but have other wireless card issues

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