Hi ,

well i finally installed the knoppix 3.4 ct edition on my harddisk (took me 2 days !). But booting fails (stuck when says "Autoconfiguring devices"). Now i disabled USB Support and APIC support in my BIOS, now i can boot, but all my USB-devices are not working of course. The crazy thing is, booting from Knoppix 3.4 CD WITH USB and APIC enabled works (99% of all time).

Trying SUSE Linux 9.0 is the same (stuck when says checking Hotplug..)

Does anybody have a clue how to tell LILO or whatever not to check for USB devices or APIC? Any "cheatcodes" there like Knoppix CD at boot?

And trying to boot Kernel 2.6 from Knoppix CD doesnt work at all, doesnt matter if USB, ACPI, APIC etc. enabled or not. Blank Screen when hitting enter to boot .

My system: ASUS p4p800 se MOBO, Geforce FX5900, Maxtor HD, Siemens USB Wlan Adapter 11 (doesnt work at all under Knoppix), Canon S 200 USB Printer, NEC 2.0 PCI USB Hub