I try to run the livecd Knoppix 3.9 to make an image of a windowsxp partition on a Dell Latitude d610.

After the startup screen, with the penguin and the hardware detection info it goes blank. In other words: KDE (or the windows system) doesnt display well.

I tried different boot options as "desktop=icewm", screen="1400x1050" without success

I found some info on this machine here:
- http://home.comcast.net/~canez/d610/
- http://www.snookles.com/scott/d610/

The problem is probably the display: 14 inch XSGA+ (1400x1050) display with ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300

Can I set any boot options to make Knoppix run? Is there a way to run Knoppix in text-only mode? I only need partimage & mount to make that image...

All suggestions a appreciated.