I have knoppix 3.6 on disc and am trying to install it, i will go through the steps i take to install it...

1. boot knoppix fro, disc using failsafe (gets stuck otherwise)
2. ctrl alt f1
3. cfdisk
4. 2 partitions (3.5gig and .5gig), write, exit
5. reboot
6. mkswap dev/hda2/
7. knopix-installer do config
8. install
9. error i get:

Error forrmatting of failed. Some messages from mkfs.ext3...
How do I get past this error?