Like many I decided to try knoppix because I could run it off a CD and get my feet wet in Linux easily.

I downloaded the 3.4 ISO and burned an image to CD.

It boots into knoppix and I get a whole screen full of stuff it is doing/loading (video/sound etc.) UNTIL I get to the line saying "Scanning for Harddisk partitions and creating /etc/fstab/..._" and then it just sits there. I waited at least 5 minutes 3 times and it just hangs there never progressing any farther.

I know nothing about knoppix and have no idea how to troubleshoot it.