I don't have the mag in question, but use 4.0.2. I woulld suggest that you first start by reading the sections in the wiki (found by following the documantation link near the top of this page) on downloading and cheat codes. Yes, I do understand that you have a copy from a magazine and have not downloaded Knoppix, but the downloading faq does contain a few tips on booting too.

It seems likely that you may need some cheat codes to help get past some hardware that is confusing the hardware detection process. It might help others help you if you let them know what hardware you were using. And I would try the testcd code, just to be sure that you system could read the disc properly and that is wasn't damaged. One cheat code that seems likely that you should try with the very little information we have at this point is dma.