Quote Originally Posted by jmmouse4
166mhz
32 mb ram (more on the way)
You likely will not want to hear this, but it's an awful mistake to spend anything to upgrade the RAM on that old system (or any other upgrade for that matter). So unless you are getting compatable memory free from a friend, you would be wise not to add any memory (even though you really can't run Knoppix in 32 megs).

As to booting, it sounds like the system can't boot a cd properly. Look into Smart Boot Manager, it can be run from floppy or installed to the hard disk (MBR) and should then let the system boot from CD.