hi

i am new to Linux and trying to learn using Knoppix 4.0.2. i have downloaded and burned Knoppix to cd burned at 4x. i get to boot screen and the boot hangs with penguin and black screen. i tried "expert" cheat, it seems there is a problem at

hda: hda1 hda2<>
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdb: lost interupt
hdb: cdrom_pc_intr: the drive appears confused (ireason=0x01)

please help i am anxious to through off the shackles of windows

i burned knoppix on another pc and it worked on that pc. when i tried it on my pc it hung at the same place. i then burned it on my pc but the same result.