I have the same problem except i have 64 Meg of ram....

I am doing the poor mans install with loadlin. This worked for 3.3 and 3.4 when i also had win 98 on it. NOW that i have installed Win ME (from scratch) instead, I cannot get knoppix to boot; 3.3 or 3.4

Using a knoppix boot floppy i can get it to work but I would rather use loadlin from DOS. I am able to get to DOS in ME by applying the real
dos mode patch from.

http://www.dewassoc.com/support/winme/real_dos.htm

If i use loadlin in DOS i get my RAM stated as 13 and a bit MEG (i have 64) so Xsession cannot start and it says i need at least 16. This also happens if I use a ME boot disk to get to DOS.

I was wondering if it is the ME boot disk which is taking up all the RAM and stopping me from using knoppix. Like i said it worked fine with 98 installed. I'm going to try using a win95 boot disk instead to see if the same prob happens.

In windows my ram gets stated as 64 MEG so it seems ok but i will run a mem test when i get back.

Is there another way to get to DOS in ME using F8 at boot? all i need is
the command line so i can execute a batch file to launch knoppix.

I cannot launch 3.4 from a floppy as there is no floppy boot for knoppix 3.4

Also i cant go back to 98 as its a dodgy copy and i cant update it my ME
is OK