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H_TeXMeX_H:
right but can you boot knoppix as a live cd ?

hnugz:

--- Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H ---right but can you boot knoppix as a live cd ?
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Hmm actually no I can't.  I tried the live knoppix 3.9 cd I have, it started ok with the scanning usb systems, but then I get the error, "Unable to locate linux file system" or something like that.  Then it dropped me into a limited shell.

Any ideas why?

H_TeXMeX_H:
You should probably go through step by step and fix errors as they come up. Being precise about exactly what error you got is very important. Usually you can google the error and find a solution.

I don't think it's possible to not find a linux file system when there isn't one. Perhaps it was looking for a swap partition ? Anyway, looks like it can't find the HDD ? Pls post exactly what is says (and if it indeed said "Unable to locate linux file system" then do not add "or something like that." if you are sure)

hnugz:

--- Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H ---You should probably go through step by step and fix errors as they come up. Being precise about exactly what error you got is very important. Usually you can google the error and find a solution.

I don't think it's possible to not find a linux file system when there isn't one. Perhaps it was looking for a swap partition ? Anyway, looks like it can't find the HDD ? Pls post exactly what is says (and if it indeed said "Unable to locate linux file system" then do not add "or something like that." if you are sure)
--- End quote ---

Yeah sorry I was at work when I wrote that, I know it doesn't help.

I get a screen that looks like this when booting off of the cd:
http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/5968/knoppix28zv.png

I looked around google and some places said it might be because of dma being enabled, I tried knoppix nodma with the same results.  Other places said it was due to the cdrom not being on an ide drive.  I have the cdrom set as slave with the hard drive set as master on the only ide slot available.

mobrien_12:
I used to see that when I didn't use nodma on one of my computers when booting to knoppix.

One might wonder if the DVD is borked, but then you said you had the same problem with RedHat... did you burn both?  Is it possible your burns are bad?  Do they boot on another PC?

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