Dumped at A:\ Prompt by KNOPPIX

[Harry Kuhman]

Thanks for the help KNOPPIX people!, I'm off to get Nero 6.6.0.5 Reloaded & try again, using the instructions given.

Rather than thanks, I would just like to know why you will not use the Disc Image or Saved Project option that will do what you want?

[rrfish72]

Harry. just trying to help the guy out, I got that from googling nero bootable data cd and just copied and pasted those instructions for him.

[Harry Kuhman]

Harry. just trying to help the guy out, I got that from googling nero bootable data cd and just copied and pasted those instructions for him.

Your "trying to help" would have been very confusing if he had tried to follow it. He stated that he was Using Nero Express. Did you think that there was a reason that I told him to use the "Disc Image or Saved Project" option rather than telling him to use "File"->"Burn Image"? Actually, there are several: Nero Express doesn't even have the "top of window menu" that would be needed to do this. Also, Nero 6, even the full version, doesn't burn that way (they removed the Burn Image choice from the file menu and hid the feature elsewhere). You made the I don't use nero but... post nearly an hour after I told him the right place to find the feature in Nero express, and after another post of yours as well as a response by him, so I have to figure that you at least had time to see my post. You were giving him comfusing, conflicting and simply wrong information for his stated situation. I elected to let him know.

[rrfish72]

I read his post, part of the next, skipped yours, and posted a reply. Next time I will take the time to read all posts.

[Ajak]

I cannot get KNOPPIX to run on my PC, I bought KNOPPIX on CD from http://www.cheeplinux.com/ . After about 1/2 an hour, during which it detected my hardware, it got as far as the splash-screen with the Penguin sitting in the middle of a CD. This screen was offset by about a 1./4 to the right, so I could not see what was on the right side of it.

I downloaded KNOPPIX_V3.7-2004-12-08-EN.iso, burned it to CD & the same thing happened, even after using the nodma boot option. I tried booting the same CD from an external USB2 CD drive but after a while, I got the message: no operating system found. Is my PC KNOPPIX proof?.

System specs:
OS: Win. XP Pro.
File System: NTFS
MB: ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe
BIOS: Award
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 1.6
Ram: 256 Meg Crucial Memory
Primary HD: C80GB Western Digital Caviar SE, no partitions)
CD Drive: DLiteon 40x12x48x Writer)
DVD Drive: JLG GSA-4160B Writer, in external USB2 enclosure)

Ajak.