Knoppix won't boot on my Micron PC

**Synthpopalooza** · 09-19-2005, 05:03 AM

Actually, I just tried using the boot code you provided ... knoppix hangs right after the "Autoconfiguring devices" comes up. However, I have noticed several times that this has happened various times to me tonight when I tried to recreate what I did in expert mode, before it finally worked. Any ideas what would be causing this freeze?

An idea I had for why this was happening is: I have my PC connected to a router with 2 other PC's ... the freeze would always happen if one of the PC's wasn't booted. I tried booting the third PC and then Knoppix booted properly (using my expert mode of course) ... does this sound right to you?

**rwcitek** · 09-19-2005, 05:21 AM

Originally Posted by Synthpopalooza

Actually, I just tried using the boot code you provided ... knoppix hangs right after the "Autoconfiguring devices" comes up. However, I have noticed several times that this has happened various times to me tonight when I tried to recreate what I did in expert mode, before it finally worked. Any ideas what would be causing this freeze? ... does this sound right to you?

Sometimes working, sometimes not working. No, that doesn't sound right. This is beginning to sound like a bad CD burn. You may want to test the CD:

boot: failsafe testcd 0

Also, it may be worthwhile burning another CD at a slow sped, < 8x.

Regards,
- Robert
http://www.cwelug.org

**tdjokic** · 09-19-2005, 06:33 AM

I have 1 single PC, with ADSL conection, sometimes DHCP takes very long time before going on.

the freeze would always happen if one of the PC's wasn't booted

if this happens again and again it can be a reason.

**rwcitek** · 09-19-2005, 06:45 AM

Originally Posted by tdjokic

I have 1 single PC, with ADSL conection, sometimes DHCP takes very long time before going on.

Yes, but not getting an IP address should not cause Knoppix to freeze up. In other words, even if the ethernet cable is disconnected, Knoppix should boot just fine.

Regards,
- Robert
http://www.cwelug.org

**Synthpopalooza** · 09-19-2005, 07:06 AM

I have 1 single PC, with ADSL conection, sometimes DHCP takes very long time before going on.
if this happens again and again it can be a reason.

About how long does it take before the boot finishes, in your experience? Maybe I just need to let it finish?

**rwcitek** · 09-19-2005, 07:19 AM

Originally Posted by Synthpopalooza

About how long does it take before the boot finishes, in your experience? Maybe I just need to let it finish?

Here are my timings booting with boot: knoppix debug -b 1
stage 1: 30 seconds
stage 2: 5 more seconds
stage 3: 5 more seconds
"emergency mode": 10 more seconds
runlevel 1: 80 more seconds

So total boot time: 2 minutes 10 seconds. This does not count booting into runlevel 5 (graphics mode with KDE) . Also, this is using Knoppix 3.8.2 in a Virtual PC environment emulating a 630 MHz processor and 256 MB RAM.

What timings do you get?

Regards,
- Robert
http://www.cwelug.org