I mode this post in the "Hardware" section before I saw the "Laptop" section here. So If the moderators want to delete it from the hardware section please do.

I tried to run Knoppix on my notebook PC and everything went fine till I get to where it said "Looking for CDROM in /dev/scd0" and that is were the system locked up.

I have an internal cd-rw/dvd drive. I tried to run it in safe mode but that didn't work either.

Any thoughts on why knoppix locks up and if there is any way to correct it.??