Quote Originally Posted by LinuxAmateur
Downloaded Knoppix last week but I can't get it to run on my desktop emachines 266. I'm pretty sure the disk is ok, it runs ok on my Toshiba laptop. Also did a successful HD install on the laptop but it hangs trying to boot on the desktop. It only barely gets started:
'INIT version 2.78 booting
'Processor is MII 3x Core/Bus clock 200MHZ
then it hangs.
Any suggestions? What's it trying to do at this point in the script?

P.S. This computer doesn't seem very happy with Linux. 'Freeduc' which I got from a magazine (& which led me to knoppix) runs ok. It won't recognize 'Yoper' (also from a magazine) as a bootable CD. It currently has Debian Woody installed but with no sound. Mandrake 9.0 made it through the install but wouldn't run. Knoppix looks better than any of these but it won't even boot.
You might not have enough memory on this computer. How much memory do you have? If it is below 128MB, you probably will only be able to run knoppix using the boot: command of knoppix 2 (which will only run in text mode).