Quote Originally Posted by rwcitek
Quote Originally Posted by jkusters
I wound up back at the stage 1 prompt (#) but unable to type.
Right. Don't use the "debug" label. Use only the "knoppix" label. Debug will pause during the boot process, which is futile for you since the USB module is not loaded until after stage 3.
Yeah, forgot to mention (and later went back and edited my post) that I also tried "knoppix" followed by the same parameters which resulted in the same set of scrolling messages followed by the kernel panic.

I haven't tried any other flavors of linux since what I'm really looking for is something just like knoppix that runs off the CD. The ultimate purpose is a cheap-man's ghost solution, of which the first step is getting something to boot.

Thanks for your help!

JOhn.