ok. I'm working w/ a dell inspiron 5150, and I got knoppix to work!!

Before I tell you though I think you should know that in California 5150 is a police code:

Q: What is a 5150?

A: 5150 is a legal hold imposed on a person that is believed to be in need of involuntary psychiatric treatment in the state of California. The person is believed to be a combination of 1 or more of the following:

* A Danger to Self
* A Danger to Others
* Gravely Disabled

<a href=http://www.toddlertime.com/5150/5150-law.htm>http://www.toddlertime.com/5150/5150-law.htm</a>


first: this did NOT work with knoppix 3.2 which (knoppix-std 0.1 is based on)

it DOES work with knoppix from las, which i assume is a later version (localareasecurity.com

so the cheats are:

knoppix vga=ext nosmp

X works. Thats up to you and your vid card.
-lazyE