Hi guys,

I am a pretty new user of Linux and today I just booted Knoppix the very first time.

I have both CD and DVD version. CD works fine (well, not exactly, I typed toram and I didn't get any sound when I played music, but I guess I will try it later. This is not the concern right now) but I cannot boot with DVD.

Windows XP starts even with DVD in the DVD-ROM (yes, I set BIOS correctly as you can see that CD works). I tried severay times, all same. Does that mean it is a damaged DVD or what else? IS DVD even bootable or just used for store more software and we HAVE TO boot by CD every time?

also, i have some files in hard disk which was named in Chinese and I cannot find them in Linux system. they were just disappeared. (but I AM able to find and access to the files in English in the same partition). Apart from that, I cannot find Chinese input software in Knoppix. Do I need to download somewhere?

I have read some basic Linux books for newbies such as Knowing Knoppix and Linux for Dammy and Linux Bible 2006 (haven't finished this one yet) but I could not find information about that.

any advice would be appriciated. thanks again