I am using Knoppix 2003-07-25 en.

Trying to run at home on old Toshiba Satelite 2520. Once upon a time I had a friend put Redhat 6.x on which ran OK but was a bitch to configure. So I know that Linux should run on this laptop.

Config:
Toshiba 2520 standard version with floppy, CD, 800x600 screen, USB, PS2 mouse, Winmodem (yeck), 2 slot for PCMCIA.
PCMCIA Linksys Ethernet card

I need some help to determine exactly why it is hanging.

Booting from CD is OK but first problem comes at a screen msg about
CardMgr.

So I remove the card but then it has problem since it can't find eth0 or network connection.

So I do "nodhcp" and it will boot until the splash screen showing the various services being started. At the point it reaches the second last service, it hangs again. It may have been the resource manager, but not sure.

I think that I need to enable the PCMCIA services before I get the network to start-up. Then need to tell Knoppix that network goes through Linksys card. That should allow me to get ethernet connection and hopefully narrow down the problems.

How do I do this? Is it even possible without building my own CD?

Also, since I can't get it all installed and booted the first time, how do I get access to error logs?

Thanks in advance