Quote Originally Posted by yellowtrolley
I am new on linux. Trying to run knoppix 3.2 and 3.3 on my inspiron 5150 I find the same problem.

Also tried with linuxin and failed.

With debian the install program can't find the files rescue.bin and drivers.tgz on the cd1


Worth asking to Dell support?
man, at the prompt, try typing this command:
knoppix no apic

and see what happends