Hey guys - I realize that this has probably been answered somewhere but I'm really in a rush and haven't yet found an answer. My harddrive crashed recently - luckily I still had a warranty w/Dell- but of course they just threw a new harrdrive at the problem instead of trying to help me fix it. (I hope none of you ever have to deal w/ Dell tech support - ever.) Anyway, I have to return the old one pretty soon, and my Knoppix 4.0.2 CD came today. I put the old harddrive in and booted off the CD. I pushed enter, as it told me it would then boot. However - all I saw after that was a penguin on the screen, and nothing else. I tried pushing keys, but no text appeared. I turned it off after a bit and tried re-booting again, but this time the main Linux/ knoppix screen had trouble even appearing.. (My graphics card is working fine b/c everything is fine when I put in the new harddrive). Anyway - I'm probably just missing something completley obvious, or maybe I'm just screwed... but yeah. I got the idea of trying to get stuff off it from this FAQ ( http://www.shockfamily.net/cedric/knoppix/#hd ).

I have to send them back the old one by the 30th so i'd appreciate any help.

Thanks guys.. and again, sorry - I'm really new to this program.