I don't own an acer but I do repair a lot of Toshiba.

Have you tried any of the cheatcodes?

If not, hit F3 when you see the Knoppix splash screen. Try cheatcode
Knoppix dma or knoppix nopcmcia.

Hope this helps, Tom


Quote Originally Posted by crkscorpio
Acer TM4021WLMI, Pioneer DVD RW drive.
Trying to boot with KNOPPIX_V4.0.2DVD-2005-09-23-EN, first screen comes with boot: prompt. I hit return, says loading vmlinuz........
and then the screen goes black and nothing comes up.. computer hangs, CPU fan starts blowing continuously and no response, no bootup.

Badly need help...
hoping for positive response
Thank you,
crkscorpio