Quote Originally Posted by ockham23
Use cheat code "knoppix testcd" to check the cd. The test will take a few minutes. Watch the screen while the test is running. Output should be "ok" for all files.
Unfortunately, using the 'testcd' option won't work because Knoppix tries to "unite" the filesystems long before it runs "testcd". If you boot with the debug option (e.g. failsafe debug ), you will be able to get to stage 2 but no further.

Probably the simplest thing to do is to check the md5 hash of the downloaded ISO to what's on the websites/ftp sites. Once you know you have a good image, burn the image to the CD slowly, < 8x if possible.

Let us know what you use and how it goes.

Regards,
- Robert
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