Something similar is happening to me :

I downloaded Knoppix 3.4 Release 2004-05-17 (KNOPPIX_V3.4-2004-05-17-EN.iso) via FTP, checked the md5sum and compared it with the official sum (it matches) and burned the ISO succesfully to a CD-R.

I also changed the BIOS of my PC, so that it boots first from the CD-ROM.

However, the boot process (from CD) fails in the following manner:
The Knoppix startup screen (where you can enter boot options and cheat codes) shows up, then, the startup of the Linux Kernel begins, and the message "Welcome to the KNOPPIX live Linux-on-CD!" appears. BUT there the computer freezes, nothing else happens, even after 30 min. waiting time.

I already tried using the "failsafe" option, all "no-" parameters, "atapicd", "testcd", "vga=normal", "knoppix-txt" and even the 2.6 kernel. Everytime the computer freezes at the same spot.

When using the "failsafe" option and the kernel 2.4, I noticed that the process list contained the following two message lines:


kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter, errno=2
kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter, errno=2


(These two lines do NOT appear when using "failsafe" and kernel 2.6 - the computer however freezes just the same)

I am using a machine with Intel Celeron 533MHz, 312Mb SDRAM, Quantum Fireball ATA HDD, CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device (on board), ATAPI CDROM 48X, HSP56 MicroModem (on board) and AMIBIOS 1996 Release 04/05/2000s

I have no idea how to fix this, so any ideas will be welcome.

With regards,

Roble