Knoppix Live CD - Linux Forums

12-17-2007	#1 (permalink)
aewing30 Just Joined! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Inver Grove Heights, MN Posts: 16	Knoppix Live CD I have recently downloaded a CD bit-torrent of Knoppix v5.1. i then burnt the iso image to a RW CD. When i put it into my disk drive nothing happened. I opened it manually and clicked on the knoppix image and a cmd screen appeared. for some reason I can't get the OS to load. Please HELP!!!

12-17-2007	#2 (permalink)
coopstah13 Linux Guru Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NH, USA Posts: 1,756	Did you boot to the CD? or did you just put the cd in when you were running windows?

12-17-2007	#3 (permalink)
devils casper Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chandigarh, India Posts: 21,081	Hi and Welcome ! .iso images are bootable by default and must be burned as Image only. Select Burn Image to Disk option in CD Burner Package. Do not burn it as Data disk. Which package did you use to burn .iso image? Burn Image to Disk option is available in Nero and all other CD Burning packages. __________________ It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. - Gertrude Stein New Users: Read This First

12-17-2007	#4 (permalink)
ozar Super Moderator Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 12,056	Welcome to the forums! Here's a HowTo that might help you get the CD properly burned and running: http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ins...nstall-cd.html __________________ oz New Members: * README *

12-17-2007	#5 (permalink)
aewing30 Just Joined! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Inver Grove Heights, MN Posts: 16	Ya i did boot it up as soon as i turned on my computer. It just sent me to the regular windows login screen.

12-17-2007	#6 (permalink)
devils casper Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chandigarh, India Posts: 21,081	Check BIOS. CD Drive must be First Boot Device. __________________ It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. - Gertrude Stein New Users: Read This First

12-17-2007	#7 (permalink)
aewing30 Just Joined! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Inver Grove Heights, MN Posts: 16	Ok thanks. where do i check BIOS from?

12-17-2007	#8 (permalink)
aewing30 Just Joined! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Inver Grove Heights, MN Posts: 16	o nevermind. i looked up a link that told me what to do. so when i press F12 how do i choose the disk drive as the First Boot Drive?

12-17-2007

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ozar

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Quote:

Originally Posted by aewing30

so when i press F12 how do i choose the disk drive as the First Boot Drive?

You should find an option to boot from the CD drive first somewhere in the BIOS setup. It's usually just a matter of selecting that option. On my own BIOS, I can simply press F8 on boot and I'm given a choice of bootable drives.

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12-17-2007	#10 (permalink)
aewing30 Just Joined! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Inver Grove Heights, MN Posts: 16	Ok thanks everyone. I'll give it a try