Hi guys,

I am trying to install knoppix v5.0 CD version, in runlevel 2, on an 80gb sata drive on an intel D945GNT motherboard. 512Mb ram in slot 1 of 4 (there is a performace boost if a matching dimm is in slot 3), Lite-On DVD-ROM on IDE/ATA Chain as primary. This is an LGA 775 Processor, 3.0 GHZ (Intel). The only card in the system is an ADS USB 2.0.

Commands I am using:

Starting Knoppix: knoppix dma 2

after partitioning drive with 3 partitions via cfdisk sda1 = 11GB NTFS, sda2=5GB Linux, sda3=1GB Linux Swap

IGNORE_CHECK=1 sudo knoppix-installer


What I get is:

To the screen that tells me that the system is not ready for install, when I press "OK" I get kicked to a menu with cfdisk and quit as the only options.

What I have tried so far:

startup:

Knoppix dma 2
and
knoppix 2

In Bios:
Optimal Defaults
Safe Defaults

Changing the hd controller setting from enhanced to legacy.
Turning off S.M.A.R.T.
Verifying boot order.


I think it is having problems with seeing the sata drive correctly. When I load the kernel, it shows the dvd drive as hda, but it does not show the hard drive as sda.

We have used knoppix v3.7 for a long time this way. We use knoppix to image the ntfs partition. The free space after the swap partition is turned into an image storing partition and we have written a small program to streamline the copy (ntfsclone -O /dev/hda4/current.img /dev/sda1) and conversly copy it back to the ntfs partition after the xp o/s is corrupted.

Please contact me

Thanks,

Jerry