Help using KNOPPIX 3.2

[yhw22]

where can i get the file md5sum??? Note: i'm using ms-windows now

A quick Google search turned up http://www.etree.org/md5com.html for download and usage instructions for md5sum.exe (I think that's where I got it myself). Once you get Knoppix up-and-running, md5sum is already installed under Linux.

You can also enter the cheat-code Knoppix testcd at the Boot: prompt to have the disc check itself.

i had use e md5sum 2 check, and it is 'ok'. so now wat is e problem, dat give a error msg "Can't find KNOPPIX filesystem, sorry."

Help!!

[Doc]

Sorry, can't hold back any longer.......

WITH THAT ABUSE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, PLEASE!!!!

Jeez, you wanna ask for help then do so properly.

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Edited for profanity also the OP may not have that good a grasp of the English language you may want to take that into consideration.

Stephen
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[Doc]

My apologies...

[yhw22]

My apologies...

i accept. do you guys dont use short form during messaging??? this way is faster!! as long as it is an understandable language!!

ok, back to the topic, i had even try the method of using cheatcode at the Boot: by typing 'knoppix testcd", but it since to have no response or any different without typing the cheatcode.

[rickenbacherus]

i accept. do you guys dont use short form during messaging??? this way is faster!! as long as it is an understandable language!!

That's just it- I for one had a very hard time understanding it. Anyway........I would dl a new .iso from a Knoppix mirror, check the md5sum before burning, get a different brand of media and see if that disc wouldn't boot then. There is no reason that it can't find its own filesystem- it's right there on the cd after all. Your cd almost has to be corrupted. There are machines that have problems booting syslinux tho.

[Stephen]

My apologies...

Now after having read the response I share your original assessment of the situation without the profanity of course.

[Doc]

Cheers! He-he.... there's enough of that "lingo" when playing Counterstrike, don't want to see it becoming commonplace on this forum.

On a side note, if you actually type your messages in full you'll find that you're typing skills vastly improve in a short time

[yhw22]

The CD start booting up, it will start to prompt by "Boot:", then it will show the "Welcome" message and then it start scanning for devices (I think so, as I saw hardware device). After the scanning, an error message appear.

During the downloading time, I'm using Getright software to download it, and use of multiple website, as I found some of the websites are too slow. Do you think these may be the problem. Even with the help of md5sum or knoppix testcd, also unable to detect the error.

Or is it the method I burn the CD is wrong? First I downloaded the file "KNOPPIX_V3.2-2003-06-06-EN.iso", then I unzipped it, these is to retrieve a file "boot.img" to make it bootable. I use Nero software to make a bootable CD and at the same time burn the file "KNOPPIX_V3.2-2003-06-06-EN.iso" into a 700MB CD.

I will re-download again, see got any problem with it. Shit, it going to take me another few hours to download again!!!!!!

Any advise on downloading it, to minmise error, can I use software like Getright to download with multiple segments?

Thank

[Doc]

Yikes! Don't understand why you are unzipping it to get at the boot.img file..

Here's what I did:

1. Download the ISO (didn't use any download managers, shouldn't really make any difference though)
2. Right clicked the ISO and chose RECORD TO CD (Roxio EasyCD Creator) - I also tested this with Nero: File->Burn Image and it works fine.

Hope this helps - if you still got the ISO on your system try the above, if not, good luck downloading another version.

[yhw22]

Yikes! Don't understand why you are unzipping it to get at the boot.img file..

Here's what I did:

1. Download the ISO (didn't use any download managers, shouldn't really make any difference though)
2. Right clicked the ISO and chose RECORD TO CD (Roxio EasyCD Creator) - I also tested this with Nero: File->Burn Image and it works fine.

Hope this helps - if you still got the ISO on your system try the above, if not, good luck downloading another version.

I had try the method just burn the file ISO only, and it didn't boot at all (It directly go to my HDD, without any prompting or "Welcome" messages).

I need the boot.img file, so that to make a bootable disk. In these case, at least I saw the prompt Boot: and "Welcome" messages.

Questions: Do we need to make the disk bootable? Just the ISO file good enough, no other files needed?

Thank