PDA

Click to See Complete Forum and Search --> : New KNOPPIX won't boot

workingitout
10-04-2003, 09:35 PM
Anyone else have problems with the KNOPPIX 3.3 not booting? It won't boot on my laptop or either of my desktops. The md5sum checks out ok too. The older 3.1 boots fine on all the computers.
serz
10-04-2003, 09:48 PM
That's weird. What's inside the cd? Are you sure you burned the "image" and not as a file?
workingitout
10-04-2003, 09:58 PM
I'm pretty sure the cd has been burned ok. I suspected that also, as I burned the first copy on a cdrw, but the second one I burned on a cdr behaves exactly as the first. On the laptop, it stops when creating /etc/fstab...
On the desktops it stops after detecting, or setting up, the AC97 audio. I've got an old Toshiba laptop lying around, gonna try it on that now.
Brat2dbone
10-04-2003, 10:01 PM
hrmmm... I just went to dl it and knoppix developers have taken it down due to "software patent" problems.

Read Here (http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/)
DMR
10-04-2003, 10:09 PM
Originally posted by Brat2dbone
hrmmm... I just went to dl it and knoppix developers have taken it down due to "software patent" problems. Holy ********!!! This is getting BAD, folks. :mad: :mad: :mad:
workingitout
10-04-2003, 10:16 PM
The knoppix.com wesite has the warning about the software patent thing, but the mirrors are all still up. You just need to click on the knoppix link on that page.
workingitout
10-04-2003, 10:30 PM
Well, it booted on the old Toshiba laptop, took 30 minutes but it worked. I'm not sure what to do now????
serz
10-04-2003, 11:04 PM
It probably took that long because it loads KDE by default.

Once you boot with KNOPPIX, hit <F2> for the options. You will be able to specify some stuff..
Brat2dbone
10-04-2003, 11:22 PM
Originally posted by workingitout
The knoppix.com wesite has the warning about the software patent thing, but the mirrors are all still up. You just need to click on the knoppix link on that page.
I'm downloading from linuxiso now, the first couple of times I tried it just sat there for up to five minutes with only a few kb downloaded, but its moving along now.

Oh, I just looked closer and the mirrors are still up at the knoppix site, I guess after reading the software patent stuff I was kind of distracted.
Brat2dbone
10-05-2003, 01:28 AM
just finished downloading and burning, took a look around and it seems to work for the most part. A few programs try to start up (spinning hourglass thingy) then disappear. I had this with 3.2 also. But... Mozilla starts but won't let me put an address in the address bar :-/ .
The only other thing I've noticed so far that could use some improvement is everything is bowed as if the monitor needs to be adjusted.

As far as booting in I had no problem tho :-/
rwtoften
10-05-2003, 11:00 PM
Just installed, and so far okay! I ll give it a few days and see what happens!
:cool: