Quote Originally Posted by kel333
knoppix 3.2 boots up from disk, then i get this message
This appears to be a disc read error. There are many reasons that you would see it appear. One is that the disc might be corrupted and partially unreadable in the drive. It could be from a bad download or improper burn of the disc. I will refer you to a link that provides the guidelines that you should consider for downloading and making the disc: http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Downloading_FAQ It is IMPERITIVE that the disc be burned at a slow speed. To burn at a higher speed is like playing Russian Roulette. It might or might not fail, but there is a good chance of failure with discs burned at higher speeds.

You appear to be using a VERY outdated version of Knoppix and I would recommend that you download a newer version. BitTorrent is a good way to get a decent download and it pretty much checks the integrity of the file as it is downloaded.

When booting, it may be necessary to use one or more cheatcodes to get around some configuration irregularities in your system. You can find info at theis link: http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Cheat_Codes Some that might be relevant would be something like "Knoppix dma", or failsafe, or something like noapic. I would try to boot it clean first and then see what happens.

Once you get Knoppix to boot, you can then transfer the files you need to another drive, over the network, or burn them to CD or DVD using something like k3b. Can't do that until you resolve the booting issues and get Knoppix working. There are many posts in the forum that relate to salvaging files from NTFS or other types of partitions. The method really depends on what equipment or resources you have on hand. If you have another windows (2000 or XP) machine, you could always just swap the drive into the other machine and copy the files that way. There are as many ways to skin that cat as there are brands of beer. Which one that you use is a matter of resources and preference or skill levels.

Let us know how you make out.