Please see answer #1.
Greetings. I downloaded 5.1.1 and burned a CD. When I put it into my laptop and boot I get an error partway into the sequence. Here is what I see (I replaced some text with ...):
Running Linux Kernel 2.6.19
Total Memory...
Scanning...
Enabling DMA acceleration for: hda [IBM-DJSA-220]
Enabling DMA acceleration for: hdc [HITACHI DVD-ROM GD-S200]
Accessing KNOPPIX CD at /dev/hdc... insmod: can't read '/cdrom/modules/cloop.ko': I/O Error
Can't find KNOPPIX file system, sorry.
...
I'm dropped into a small command line interpreter. I know the drive works, because I can get to Windows with it normally and I can boot with it using some other boot disk.
Any ideas where to go from here?
Please see answer #1.
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Verifying of md5 checksum and burning a CD at slow speed are important.
I'm on it. Thanks for the pointer.

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