I have a small problem, because my Knoppix live CD 5.01 always ends at startup in a completely amusing shell, which I haven't seen yet. This shell comes after the following error message: “Can't find KNOPPIX file system. (...)?

Does someone knows what could be the problem or how i have to go on in that shell?

BTW: The CD drive assembly is attached at a PCI IDE connection (also VIA 6421 chip).
Maybe the driver is missing?

How can i load Knoppix without implementing the driver by updating the entire kernel?

Asking for assistance. Thanks in advance.