Knoppix on my laptop

[gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 11:17:08 -0400
"Kristian Hermansen" <kristian.hermansen-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> On 7/14/07, Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > I was trying to check a few things out on my laptop that currently runs
> > SuSE 10.2. However, Knoppix 5.1.5 DVD or CD fails to load:
> > It goes through the steps and enables DMA acceleration for both the HD
> > and DVD, but then  issues:
> > Can't find filesystem, sorry.
> > Dropping you to a (very limited) shell.
> > Press reset button to quit,
>=20
> <google>
> Question: It says "Could not find the KNOPPIX filesystem, sorry.
> Dropping you to a (very limited) shell."
> Try booting with:
>=20
> knoppix ide2=3D0x180 nopcmcia
>=20
> If that doesn't work, it means your PCMCIA CD-ROM drive is not
> supported. There is a workaround. In Windows, copy the directory
> called "KNOPPIX" from the Knoppix CD to the root of a local FAT
> formatted hard drive partition (eg: drive "C:"). The copy will take
> some time to complete. Then start Knoppix and specify the partition
> that you copied the KNOPPIX directory to, using the "fromhd=3D" boot
> parameter. For example, boot with:
>=20
> knoppix fromhd=3D/dev/hda1
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> If Windows is not available, use a single-floppy Linux such as
> "tomsrtbt" to do the copy, however that is beyond the scope of this
> book.
> </google>
1. I know the CD-ROM is supported because Knoppix 4.0.2 boots fine.=20
2. Why would I pollute my laptop with the Windows virus.

I certainly could create a FAT partition (using gparted, Knoppix
4.0.2), or ubuntu and try to boot from HD, but it does not make any
sense.=20

In any case, there is no hang, and no indication of the problem except
that it fails to mount /dev/hdc as root. And, as I mentioned Knoppix
4.0.2 works fine as does a number of others. I have a book of cheat
codes, and I have not tried all of them, but my thought is that there
is some issue with 5.1.1. I'm also running a memtest just to make sure
it didn't hit a memory glitch, but so far its clean.




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Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org>
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