You could try knoppix-txt then when you get to the prompt then /etc/init.d/xsession start you may have to put sudo in front of the command it's been awhile so I can't be certain. Other than that have you tried to actually pass one of the numbers when it asks you too and see what happens with booting that way. You may also want to try as many of the cheat codes as possible and for sure just failsafe all alone on the command line to boot with minimal hardware detection.