Quote Originally Posted by DataSurfer
I just did a Poor Mans Install according to http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Win_Partition

After figuring out that my c: partition was on the second partition of my drive (the guide actually mentioned HP Pavilions in the notes) I got Knoppix 3.7 to boot to the hardware detection scripts

It gets past the USB, firewire, soundcard and video detection just fine

It gets all the way to the network configuration with the last line displayed being:

Network device eth0 detected, DHCP broadcasting for IP. (Backgrounding)

Then it just sits there.

I have booted this same computer with a knoppix CD several times. This is the first time that I am doing the Poor Man method. I am using the same ISO that I used to boot with a CD.

Any ideas on how I can troubleshoot this?
try booting 'knoppix failsafe tohd=scan'. You may have to do Knoppix (menu item) -> configure network card after it boots. Doesn't may sense that it boots from the CD but not from the HD though. I don't think it is the CD problem, there is a bug her but it doesn't usually prevent booting.