I've looked again at the entire boot log and I now suspect that the RAID array is the likely problem. When I installed windows, I had to install a 3rd party RAID driver (silicon image SATA drivers v10040) in order to use my RAID.

Also, HDD's attached to the SATA connections on the mobo are actually IDE HDD's with SATA-IDD "serillel" convertors...just to complicate things further. This has not caused any trouble with XP though.

Here's the entire boot string and boot log:

Boot string:
========

boot: knoppix lang=us desktop=kde screen=800x600 wheelmouse xvrefresh=72

Boot log:
=========

ide-scsi: hdb: unsupported command in request queue (0)
ide-scsi: hdb: unsupported command in request queue (0)
ide-scsi: hdb: unsupported command in request queue (0)
ide-scsi: hdb: unsupported command in request queue (0)
ide-scsi: hdb: unsupported command in request queue (0)
ide-scsi: hdb: unsupported command in request queue (0)
ide-scsi: hdb: unsupported command in request queue (0)
ldm_validate_partition_table_(): Disk read failed.
ide-scsi: hdb: unsupported command in request queue (0)
ide-scsi: hdb: unsupported command in request queue (0)
ide-scsi: hdb: unsupported command in request queue (0)
ide-scsi: hdb: unsupported command in request queue (0)
ldm_validate_partition_table_(): Disk read failed.

Booting Knoppix-STD 0.1 : security tools distrobution


Accessing KNOPPIX CDROM at /dev/scd0...
Total memory found: 514352 kB
Creating /ramdisk (dynamic size=406732k) on shared memory...Done.
Creating directories and symlinks on ramdisk...Done.
Starting init process.
INIT: version 2.78-knoppix booting
Processor 0 is AMD Athlon(tm) 1792MHz, 256 KB Cache
Starting advanced power management functions daemon: apmd
APM Bios found, power management functions enabled.
Apmd[63]: apmd 3.2.0 interfacing with apm driver 1.16 and APM BIOS 1.2
USB found, managed by hotplug.
Enabling hotplug manager.
Autoconfiguring devices... Done.
Mouse is Generic PS/2 Wheel Mouse at /dev/psaux
Soundcard: nVidia Corporation|nForce2 AC97 Audio Controller (MCP) driver=i810_audio
Video is nVidia Corporation|GeForce3 (rev 1) using XFree86(nv) Server
Monitor is API0001, H:30-72kHz, V:50-120Hz
Trying specified vrefresh rate of 72Hz.
Using Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
Scanning for Harddisk partitions and creating /etc/fstab... modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module xfs

I hope that helps you help me!

cheers,

-muddled_rosella