I too have not been able to run Knoppix on my Intel DG965MS motherboard. However, I have installed Fedora Core 6 and Windows XP Pro on it. When I tried to change the SATA to AHCI, the BIOS warned that this is not compatible with Windows version prior to Vista, so I left it set to the (default) IDE. Fedora 6 requires the string "linux all-generic-ide irqpoll" after the "Boot:" prompt on the start-up string, and on the grub set-up screen you must check the custom kernel parameters (or something similar) box and insert the same string in the box that appears. I tried the same string with Knoppix, but it didn't help.

By the way, you must install Windows first on a dual-boot PC. I tried installing Fedora first and partitioning the disk to include vfat partitions for Windows, but the Windows install program crashed. I had to remove all the partitions before the Windows installation, create an ntfs partition during the install, and then install Linux later.

Hopefully, all versions of Linux will be updated to work with 965 boards soon.

Dick Maybach